A functional 4-hydroxybenzoate degradation pathway in the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris is required for full pathogenicity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Jia Yuan ^a   Zhou, Lian ^a   Chen, Bo ^a   Sun, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Tang, Hongzhi ^a   Jiang, Bo Le ^b   Tang, Ji Liang ^b   He, Ya Wen ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRASSICA; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; RAPHANUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRASSICA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARABENS; PHENOLS; PLANT DISEASES; RAPHANUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 84950349894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18456     Document Type: Article

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