The mbo operon is specific and essential for biosynthesis of mangotoxin in pseudomonas syringae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Carrión, Víctor J ^a   Arrebola, Eva ^b   Cazorla, Francisco M ^a   Murillo, Jesús ^c   de Vicente, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL Y MEDITERRÁNEA LA MAYORA   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; MANGOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MANGOTOXIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MBO GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84861217053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036709     Document Type: Article

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