Multiple lessons from the multiple functions of a regulator of type III secretion system assembly in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Wei, Hai Lei ^a   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDIA; CYTOSOL; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PLANT CELLS; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; YERSINIA;

EID: 84863603459     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08119.x     Document Type: Note

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