The awr gene family encodes a novel class of Ralstonia solanacearum type III effectors displaying virulence and avirulence activities

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 941-953

  Solé, Montserrat ^a,b   Popa, Crina ^a,b   Mith, Oriane ^a,b   Sohn, Kee Hoon ^c   Jones, Jonathan D G ^c   Deslandes, Laurent ^d   Valls, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS CRAG   (Spain)

^c SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DEATH; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SECRETION (PROCESS); TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 84863304590     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-12-11-0321     Document Type: Article

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