Slya regulates type III secretion system (T3SS) genes in parallel with the T3SS master regulator HrpL in Dickeya dadantii 3937

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2888-2895

  Zou, Lifang ^a,c   Zeng, Quan ^a,d   Lin, Haiping ^b   Gyaneshwar, Prasad ^a   Chen, Gongyou ^c   Yang, Ching Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWN-REGULATION; HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE; MASTER REGULATORS; SWIMMING MOTILITY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

GENE EXPRESSION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTILITY; PATHOGENICITY; SECRETION; SWIMMING; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULON; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

DICKEYA DADANTII; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 84861152773     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07021-11     Document Type: Article

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