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Biological activity of harpin produced by Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Oct 2001
Ahmad M, Majerczak D R, Pike S, Hoyos M E, Novacky A, Coplin D L
Abstract excerpt
Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii causes Stewart's wilt of sweet corn. A hypersensitive response and pathogenicity (Hrp) secretion system is needed to produce water-soaking and wilting symptoms in corn and to cause a hypersensitive response (HR) in tobacco. Sequencing of the hrp cluster revealed a putative harpin gene, hrpN. The product of this gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and shown to elicit the...
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