Harpins, multifunctional proteins secreted by gram-negative plant-pathogenic bacteria

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1115-1122

  Choi, Min Seon ^a   Kim, Wooki ^a   Lee, Chanhui ^a   Oh, Chang Sik ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HRPZ PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ERWINIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SECRETION (PROCESS); VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERWINIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 84884733124     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-02-13-0050-CR     Document Type: Review

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