Xanthomonas axonopodis virulence is promoted by a transcription activator-like effector - Mediated induction of a SWEET sugar transporter in Cassava

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1186-1198

  Cohn, Megan ^a   Bart, Rebecca S ^a   Shybut, Mikel ^a   Dahlbeck, Douglas ^a   Gomez, Michael ^a   Morbitzer, Robert ^b   Hou, Bi Huei ^c   Frommer, Wolf B ^c   Lahaye, Thomas ^b   Staskawicz, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MANIHOT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MANIHOT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TOBACCO; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

EID: 84907904358     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-06-14-0161-R     Document Type: Article

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