HpaP modulates type III effector secretion in Ralstonia solanacearum and harbours a substrate specificity switch domain essential for virulence

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 601-614

  Lohou, David ^a   Turner, Marie ^a   Lonjon, Fabien ^a   Cazalé, Anne Claire ^a   Peeters, Nemo ^a   Genin, Stéphane ^a   Vailleau, Fabienne ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial wilt; Pathogenicity; Secretion; T3Es (type III effectors); T3S4 (type III secretion substrate specificity switch); T3SS (type III secretion system); Translocation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HPAP PROTEIN, RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84903984314     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12119     Document Type: Article

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