The Destructive Citrus Pathogen, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' Encodes a Functional Flagellin Characteristic of a Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zou, Huasong ^a,c   Gowda, Siddarame ^b   Zhou, Lijuan ^a,b   Hajeri, Subhas ^b   Chen, Gongyou ^c   Duan, Yongping ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLOSE; FLAGELLIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BAK1; PROTEIN SGT1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLIN GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT CELL; PLANT IMMUNITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CITRUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLAGELLIN; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCANS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; RHIZOBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84867025136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046447     Document Type: Article

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