Small-molecule inhibitors suppress the expression of both type III secretion and amylovoran biosynthesis genes in Erwinia amylovora

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-57

  Yang, Fan ^a,e   Korban, Schuyler S ^a   Pusey, P Lawrence ^b   Elofsson, Michael ^c   Sundin, George W ^d   Zhao, Youfu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

AMYLOVORAN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84889098444     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12064     Document Type: Article

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