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Coupling of iron assimilation and pectinolysis in Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Nov 2002
Franza Thierry, Michaud-Soret Isabelle, Piquerel Pierrette, Expert Dominique
Abstract excerpt
Two major virulence determinants of the plant-pathogenic enterobacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi strain 3937 are the production of pectate lyase enzymes that degrade plant cell walls and expression of two high-affinity iron uptake systems mediated by two structurally unrelated siderophores, chrysobactin and achromobactin. Low iron availability is a signal that triggers transcription of the genes encoding pectate...
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