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Did Convergent Protein Evolution Enable Phytoplasmas to Generate 'Zombie Plants'?

Trends in plant science - 1 Dec 2015

Rümpler Florian, Gramzow Lydia, Theißen Günter, Melzer Rainer

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Phytoplasmas are pathogenic bacteria that reprogram plant development such that leaf-like structures instead of floral organs develop. Infected plants are sterile and mainly serve to propagate phytoplasmas and thus have been termed 'zombie plants'. The developmental reprogramming relies on specific interactions of the phytoplasma protein SAP54 with a small subset of MADS-domain transcription factors. Here, we...

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PMID: 26463218
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.08.004

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