Expression of the Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria hrp gene cluster, which determines pathogenicity and hypersensitivity on pepper and tomato, is plant inducible.

AUTOR(ES)

Schulte, R

RESUMO

The hrp gene cluster from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria determines functions necessary not only for pathogenicity on the host plants pepper and tomato but also for the elicitation of the hypersensitive reaction on resistant host and nonhost plants. Transcriptional orientation and expression of the hrp loci were determined with hrp::Tn3-gus fusions. In addition, expression of the hrp loci was studied by RNA hybridization experiments. Expression of the hrp genes was not detectable after growth of the bacteria in complex medium or in minimal medium. However, high levels of induction of hrp gene expression were measured during growth of the bacteria in the plant. To search for a plant molecule responsible for this induction, we examined a variety of materials of plant origin for their ability to induce hrp gene expression. Filtrates from plant suspension cultures induced hrp genes to levels comparable to those induced in the plant. The inducing molecule(s) was found to be heat stable and hydrophilic and to have a molecular mass of less than 1,000 daltons.

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