Co-regulation of polysaccharide production, motility, and expression of type III secretion genes by EnvZ/OmpR and GrrS/GrrA systems in Erwinia amylovora

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-75

  Li, Wenting ^a   Ancona, Veronica ^a   Zhao, Youfu ^a  

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

Author keywords

GacA; GacS; Signal transduction; T3SS; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOGEN; LEVANSUCRASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN GRRA; PROTEIN GRRS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOGEN; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PYRUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84895899804     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-013-0790-4     Document Type: Article

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