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Eternal youth, the fate of developing Arabidopsis leaves upon Rhodococcus fascians infection.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2009
Depuydt Stephen, De Veylder Lieven, Holsters Marcelle, Vereecke Danny
Abstract excerpt
The phytopathogenic actinomycete Rhodococcus fascians induces neoplastic shooty outgrowths on infected hosts. Upon R. fascians infection of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), leaves are formed with small narrow lamina and serrated margins. These symptomatic leaves exhibit reduced tissue differentiation, display more but smaller cells that do not endoreduplicate, and accumulate in the G1 phase of the cell cycle....
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