Functional analysis of plant defense suppression and activation by the Xanthomonas core type III effector XopX

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-194

  Stork, William ^a   Kim, Jung Gun ^a   Mudgett, Mary Beth ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS VESICATORIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TOMATO; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; TOBACCO; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 84935889501     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-14-0263-R     Document Type: Article

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