HrpE3 is a type III effector protein required for full virulence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola in rice

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 678-692

  Cui, Yiping ^a   Zou, Lifang ^b   Zou, Huasong ^b   Li, Yurong ^b   Zakria, Muhammad ^b   Chen, Gongyou ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZICOLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 84881254992     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12039     Document Type: Article

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