Functional analysis of Ralstonia solanacearum PrhG regulating the hrp regulon in host plants

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1695-1704

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Chen, Li ^b   Yoshimochi, Takeshi ^b   Kiba, Akinori ^b   Hikichi, Yasufumi ^b   Ohnishi, Kouhei ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HRPB PROTEIN; HRPG PROTEIN; PHCA PROTEIN; PRHG PROTEIN; PRHIR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REGULON; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; XYLEM;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANTODEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; XYLEM;

EID: 84881231713     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.067819-0     Document Type: Article

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