Structural and Physiological Analyses of the Alkanesulphonate-Binding Protein (SsuA) of the Citrus Pathogen Xanthomonas citri

Fabiano Tófoli de Araújo, Víctor M. Bolaños-García, Cristiane Tambascia Pereira, Mário Sanches, Elisa Emiko Oshiro, Rita de Cássia Café Ferreira, Dimitri Y. Chigardze, J.A.R.G. Barbosa, Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira, Celso Eduardo Benedetti,

PLoS ONE · 2013 · 30 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

The present study unravels unique structural and functional features of the X. citri SsuA protein and provides the first experimental evidence that an ABC uptake system affects the virulence of this phytopathogen.

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