The role of secretion systems and small molecules in soft-rot enterobacteriaceae pathogenicity

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 425-449

  Charkowski, Amy ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^b   Condemine, Guy ^c   Expert, Dominique ^d   Franza, Thierry ^d   Hayes, Christopher ^e   Hugouvieux Cotte Pattat, Nicole ^c   Solanilla, Emilia López ^f   Low, David ^e   Moleleki, Lucy ^g   Pirhonen, Minna ^h   Pitman, Andrew ⁱ   Perna, Nicole ^a   Reverchon, Sylvie ^c   Palenzuela, Pablo Rodríguez ^g   Francisco, Michael San ^j   Toth, Ian ^k   Tsuyumu, Shinji ^l   Van Der Waals, Jacquie ^g   Van Der Wolf, Jan ^m   Van Gijsegem, Frédérique ^d   Yang, Ching Hong ⁿ   Yedidia, Iris ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^j TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^l SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^o VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Dickeya; Pectobacterium; plant cell wall degrading enzymes; quorum sensing; Type II secretion system; type III secretion system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ION;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; SECRETION (PROCESS); VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INSECTS; IONS; PECTOBACTERIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84871930308     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173013     Document Type: Review

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