A rhamnose-rich O-antigen mediates adhesion, virulence, and host colonization for the xylem-limited phytopathogen Xylella fastidiosa

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 676-685

  Clifford, Jennifer C ^a,b   Rapicavoli, Jeannette N ^a   Roper, M Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; RHAMNOSE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE; VITIS; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHAMNOSE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VITIS; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VITACEAE; VITIS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84877117024     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-12-12-0283-R     Document Type: Article

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