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RpfF-dependent regulon of Xylella fastidiosa.
Phytopathology - 1 Nov 2012
Wang Nian, Li Jian-Liang, Lindow Steven E
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ABSTRACT Xylella fastidiosa regulates traits important to both virulence of grape as well as colonization of sharpshooter vectors via its production of a fatty acid signal molecule known as DSF whose production is dependent on rpfF. Although X. fastidiosa rpfF mutants exhibit increased virulence to plants, they are unable to be spread from plant to plant by insect vectors. To gain more insight into the traits...
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