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Hypersensitive response suppression by type III effectors of plant pathogenic bacteria

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The suppressor activity of four representative avirulence (avr) genes from the Pseudomonas syringae group against elicitors of a general hypersensitive response (HR) was examined in tobacco leaves inoculated with double transformants of Pseudomonas fluorescens containing both a cosmid plasmid (pHIR11) carrying the hrp gene cluster and a plasmid carrying each avr gene. The double transformants Pf (pHIR11) containing avrB, avrRps4, or avrPto failed to induce an HR, but that carrying avrRpt2 did induce an HR as Pf (pHIR11 + empty vector) did. Thus, some Avr proteins seem to have suppressor activity against a general HR and should promote aggressiveness of the pathogens.

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    Takashi Fujikawa, Teppei Yamashita & Shinji Tsuyumu

  2. Gifu United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan

    Takashi Fujikawa & Shinji Tsuyumu

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Fujikawa, T., Yamashita, T. & Tsuyumu, S. Hypersensitive response suppression by type III effectors of plant pathogenic bacteria. J Gen Plant Pathol 72, 176–179 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-005-0268-2

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