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A metabolic regulator modulates virulence and quorum sensing signal production in Pectobacterium atrosepticum.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Mar 2013
Cubitt Marion F, Hedley Peter E, Williamson Neil R, Morris Jenny A, Campbell Emma, Toth Ian K, Salmond George P C
Abstract excerpt
Plant cell wall-degrading enzymes (PCWDE) are key virulence determinants in the pathogenesis of the potato pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum. In this study, we report the impact on virulence of a transposon insertion mutation in the metJ gene that codes for the repressor of the methionine biosynthesis regulon. In a mutant strain defective for the small regulatory RNA rsmB, PCWDE are not produced and virulence...
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