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Positive selection of the Hrp pilin HrpE of the plant pathogen Xanthomonas.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2006
Weber Ernst, Koebnik Ralf
Abstract excerpt
The plant-pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria possesses a type III secretion (TTS) system which is encoded by the 23-kb hrp (hypersensitive response and pathogenicity) gene cluster. The TTS system is necessary for pathogenicity in susceptible hosts and induction of the hypersensitive response in resistant plants. At the cell surface, the TTS system is associated with an extracellular...
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