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Life in the xylem: The secrets of Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenesis revealed by in vivo expression technology.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Life in the xylem: The secrets of Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenesis revealed by in vivo expression technology./
Author:	Brown, Darby G.
Description:	262 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-05, Section: B, page: 2404.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-05B.
Subject:	Biology, Microbiology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3175559
ISBN:	9780542142246

Life in the xylem: The secrets of Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenesis revealed by in vivo expression technology.
Brown, Darby G.

Life in the xylem: The secrets of Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenesis revealed by in vivo expression technology. - 262 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-05, Section: B, page: 2404.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2005.

Ralstonia solanacearum causes bacterial wilt disease of many economically important food crops. Understanding the virulence mechanisms of this pathogen at the molecular level has been limited by available technology and by the additive, redundant nature of R. solanacearum virulence factors. Some virulence genes with large pleiotropic phenotypes have been isolated, but they reflect only a small fraction of the pathogen's &sim;5000 genes. Rather than seek new virulence factors through additional loss of function screens, I developed an in vivo expression technology (IVET) system for R. solanacearum to identify bacterial genes that are upregulated in tomato xylem tissue. This IVET screen isolated 153 genes that were specifically up-regulated in xylem. These in planta expressed (ipx) genes encode diverse metabolic and stress-responsive functions, as well as seven previously-identified virulence factors. A subset of these genes was variably expressed in tomato xylem five hours post inoculation and many genes were differentially regulated by seven known R. solanacearum virulence regulators. Further, two ipx genes putatively encoding L-ascorbate oxidase and a DNA repair enzyme, UvrA1, were only expressed in planta, where they were controlled by known virulence regulators. The initial development of IVET technology for R. solanacearum and the resulting findings have paved the way for ongoing IVET-based screens.

ISBN: 9780542142246Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017734
Biology, Microbiology.

Life in the xylem: The secrets of Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenesis revealed by in vivo expression technology.
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