Hcp2, a secreted protein of the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, is required for fitness for competition against bacteria and yeasts

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4810-4822

  Haapalainen, Minna ^a   Mosorin, Hanna ^a   Dorati, Federico ^b   Wu, Ru Fen ^c   Roine, Elina ^a   Taira, Suvi ^a   Nissinen, Riitta ^a,d   Mattinen, Laura ^a   Jackson, Robert ^b   Pirhonen, Minna ^a   Lin, Nai Chun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HCP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPETITOR SPECIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOMATO; YEAST;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 84866386269     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00611-12     Document Type: Article

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