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Contribution of rpfB to cell-to-cell signal synthesis, virulence, and vector transmission of Xylella fastidiosa.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Apr 2012
Almeida Rodrigo P P, Killiny Nabil, Newman Karyn L, Chatterjee Subhadeep, Ionescu Michael, Lindow Steven E
Abstract excerpt
In Xylella fastidiosa the fatty acid signal molecule diffusible signaling factor (DSF) is produced and sensed by components of the regulation of pathogenicity factors (rpf) cluster; lack of DSF production in RpfF mutants results in a non-vector-transmissible phenotype yet cells are hypervirulent to grape. rpfB has not been characterized in Xylella fastidiosa, although its homolog has been suggested to be required...
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