The Type III Secreted Effector DspE Is Required Early in Solanum tuberosum Leaf Infection by Pectobacterium carotovorum to Cause Cell Death, and Requires Wx(3-6)D/E Motifs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hogan, Clifford S ^a   Mole, Beth M ^b   Grant, Sarah R ^b   Willis, David K ^a,c   Charkowski, Amy O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DSPE PROTEIN; HRPL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; CELL DEATH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSPE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HRPL GENE; HRPN GENE; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PLANT CELL; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME; TOBACCO;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT CELLS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84878634009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065534     Document Type: Article

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