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Plant models for animal pathogenesis.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Mar 2005
Prithiviraj B, Weir T, Bais H P, Schweizer H P, Vivanco J M
Abstract excerpt
Several bacteria that are pathogenic to animals also infect plants. Mechanistic studies have proven that some human/animal pathogenic bacteria employ a similar subset of virulence determinants to elicit disease in animals, invertebrates and plants. Therefore, the results of plant infection studies are relevant to animal pathogenesis. This discovery has resulted in the development of convenient, cost-effective,...
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