RpfF-dependent regulon of Xylella fastidiosa

Phytopathology

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1045-1053

  Wang, Nian ^a,c   Li, Jian Liang ^b   Lindow, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE; VITIS; XYLELLA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; REGULON; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE; VITIS; XYLELLA;

HEXAPODA; VITACEAE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84871741652     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-07-12-0146-R     Document Type: Article

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