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Genetic characterization of the HrpL regulon of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora reveals novel virulence factors.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Feb 2012
McNally R Ryan, Toth Ian K, Cock Peter J A, Pritchard Leighton, Hedley Pete E, Morris Jenny A, Zhao Youfu, Sundin George W
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The bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora is the causal agent of fire blight, an economically significant disease of apple and pear. Disease initiation by E. amylovora requires the translocation of effector proteins into host cells via the hypersensitive response and pathogenicity (hrp) type III secretion system (T3SS). The alternative sigma factor HrpL positively regulates the transcription of structural and...
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