Article
Fasciation induction by the phytopathogen Rhodococcus fascians depends upon a linear plasmid encoding a cytokinin synthase gene.
The EMBO journal - 1 Mar 1992
Crespi M, Messens E, Caplan A B, van Montagu M, Desomer J
Abstract excerpt
Rhodococcus fascians is a nocardiform bacteria that induces leafy galls (fasciation) on dicotyledonous and several monocotyledonous plants. The wild-type strain D188 contained a conjugative, 200 kb linear extrachromosomal element, pFiD188. Linear plasmid-cured strains were avirulent and reintroduction of this linear element restored virulence. Pulsed field electrophoresis indicated that the chromosome might also...
Topics
- Alkyl and Aryl Transferases
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytokinins
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Molecular Sequence Data