Signal transduction schemes in Pseudomonas syringae

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal - Tập 18 - Trang 3415-3424 - 2020
Yingpeng Xie1, Wenbao Liu2, Xiaolong Shao1, Weihua Zhang3, Xin Deng1,4
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong 999077, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
2College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shandong Agriculture and Engineering University, Jinan 250100, China
3Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
4Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China

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