Consequences of flagellin export through the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas syringae reveal a major difference in the innate immune systems of mammals and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 601-618

  Wei, Hai Lei ^a   Chakravarthy, Suma ^a   Worley, Jay N ^a   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; GENE SILENCING; INNATE IMMUNITY; INOCULATION; MAMMAL; MUTANT; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOMATO; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; FLAGELLIN; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84874959603     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12059     Document Type: Article

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