Commonalities and differences of T3SSs in rhizobia and plant pathogenic bacteria

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Tampakaki, Anastasia P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atypical T3SSs; Nodulation; Pili; Plant pathogenic bacteria; Plant associated bacteria; Rhizobia; Translocator; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901060666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00114     Document Type: Review

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