Entry of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris into hydathodes of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves: a system for studying early infection events in bacterial pathogenesis.

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Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is a vascular pathogen of cruciferous plants that normally gains entry to plants via hydathodes. In order to study the basis of the preference for this protal of entry we have developed an Arabidopsis thaliana model with attached or detached leaves partially immersed in a bacterial suspension. Entry of bacteria into leaves, assessed by resistance to surface...

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