Trehalose Biosynthesis Promotes Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenicity in Plants

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Djonović, Slavica ^a,b   Urbach, Jonathan M ^a   Drenkard, Eliana ^a,b   Bush, Jenifer ^a   Feinbaum, Rhonda ^a,b   Ausubel, Jonathan L ^a,f   Traficante, David ^d,g   Risech, Martina ^d   Kocks, Christine ^a,b,h   Fischbach, Michael A ^c   Priebe, Gregory P ^d,e   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^g LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELLULASE; FLAGELLIN; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMICELLULOSE; NITRATE; PEPTIDASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PYOCYANINE; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOGLUCAN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; LUNG INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELLS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREHALOSE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XYLANS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; HEXAPODA; MUS; NEMATODA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875998383     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003217     Document Type: Article

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