Expression of Xylella fastidiosa RpfF in citrus disrupts signaling in Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri and thereby its virulence

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1241-1252

  Caserta, R ^a,b   Picchi, S C ^a   Takita, M A ^a   Tomaz, J P ^c   Pereira, W E L ^a,b   Machado, M A ^a   Ionescu, M ^d   Lindow, S ^d   De Souza, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; CITRUS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEET ORANGE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS; XYLELLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENES; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS; XYLELLA;

EID: 84907887071     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-03-14-0090-R     Document Type: Article

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