Cloning and characterization of the rpfC gene of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae: Involvement in exopolysaccharide production and virulence to rice

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 664-666

  Tang, Ji Liang ^a,b   Feng, Jia Xun ^a,b   Li, Qi Qin ^a   Wen, Hai Xiang ^a   Zhou, Dong Lin ^a   Wilson, T J Greer ^b   Dow, J Maxwell ^b   Ma, Qing Sheng ^a   Daniels, Michael J ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial blight of rice; two component regulation

Indexed keywords

XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE;

EID: 0030238271     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0664     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Bibb, M. J., Findlay, P. R., and Johnson, M. W. 1984. The relationship between base composition and codon usage in bacterial genes and its use for the simple and reliable identification of protein-coding sequences. Gene 30:157-166.
2. Daniels, M. J., Barber, C. E., Turner, P. C., Sawczyc, M. K., Byrde, R. J. W., and Fielding, A. H. 1984. Cloning of genes involved in pathogenicity of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris using the broad host range cosmid pLAFR1. EMBO J. 3:3323-3328.
3. Dow, J. M., and Daniels, M. J. 1994. Pathogenicity determinants and global regulation of pathogenicity in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Pages 29-41 in: Bacterial Pathogenesis of Plants and Animals. J. Dangl, ed. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Vol. 192. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
4. Hopkins, C. M., White, F. F., Choi, S. H., Guo, A., and Leach, J. E. 1992. Identification of a family of avirulence genes from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 5:451-459.
5. Kamdar, H. V., Kamoun, S., and Kado, C. I. 1993. Restoration of pathogenicity of avirulent Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. campestris pathovars by reciprocal complementation with the hrpXo and hrpXc genes and identification of HrpX function by sequence analysis. J. Bacteriol. 175:2017-2025.
6. Kelemu, S., and Leach, J. E. 1990. Cloning and characterization of an avirulence gene from Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 3:59-65.
7. Kauffman, H. E., Reddy, A. P. K., Hsieh, S. P. Y., and Merca, S. D. 1973. An improved technique for evaluating resistance of rice varieties to Xanthomonas oryzae. Plant Dis. Rep. 57:537-541.
8. Mew, T. W., Alvarez, A. M., Leach, J. E., and Swings, J. 1993. Focus on bacterial blight of rice. Plant Dis. 77:5-12.
9. Osbourn, A. E., Clarke, B. R., Stevens, J. H., and Daniels, M. J. 1990. Use of oligonucleotide probes to identify members of two-component regulatory systems in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Mol. Gen. Genet. 222:145-151.
10. Parkinson, J. S., and Kofoid, E. C. 1992. Communication modules in bacterial signalling proteins. Annu. Rev. Genet. 26:71-112.
11. Sawczyc, M. K., Barber, C. E., and Daniels, M. J. 1989. The role in pathogenicity of some related genes in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris and translucens: A shuttle strategy for cloning genes required for pathogenicity. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 2:249-255.
12. Tang, J-L., Liu, Y-N., Barber, C. E., Dow, J. M., Woorton, J. C., and Daniels, M. J. 1991. Genetic and molecular analysis of a cluster of rpf genes involved in positive regulation of synthesis of extracellular enzymes and polysaccharide in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Mol. Gen. Genet. 226:409-417.
13. Todd, G. A., Daniels, M. J., and Callow, J. A. 1990. Xanthomonas campestris pv oryzae has DNA sequences containing genes isofunctional with X.campestris pv. campestris genes required for pathogenicity. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 36:73-87.
14. Turner, P., Barber, C., and Daniels, M. J. 1985. Evidence for clustered pathogenicity genes in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Mol. Gen. Genet. 199:338-343.
15. Yuan, W. 1990. Culture medium for Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 69:798-805.