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SUBMITTER: Basset A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1315828 | biostudies-other | 2003 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Basset Alan A Tzou Phoebe P Lemaitre Bruno B Boccard Frédéric F
EMBO reports 20030201 2
Insects are major vectors of plant and animal disease, and bacterial phytopathogens are often disseminated by flies. We have previously reported that some isolates of the phytopathogenic bacterial species Erwinia carotovora infect Drosophila and activate an immune response. Using a genetic screen, we have now identified two genes that are required by E. carotovora to infect Drosophila. One of these genes has a regulatory role whereas the other, evf, confers an infectious phenotype: its transfer ...[more]