ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A LOCUS FROM AZOSPIRILLUM-BRASILENSE SP7 THAT COMPLEMENTS THE TUMORIGENIC DEFECT OF AGROBACTERIUM-TUMEFACIENS CHVB MUTANT

被引:6
作者
RAINA, S [1 ]
RAINA, R [1 ]
VENKATESH, TV [1 ]
DAS, HK [1 ]
机构
[1] JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIV,CTR BIOTECHNOL,GENET ENGN UNIT,NEW DELHI 110067,INDIA
关键词
DNA BASE SEQUENCE; LACZ FUSION; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI NDVB LOCUS;
D O I
10.1094/MPMI-8-0322
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The chromosomal virulence gene chvB of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is required for pathogenesis. A DNA fragment from the chvB locus can hybridize to DNA from Azospirillum hm brasilense Sp7. This DNA fragment could restore the tumorigenic activity of the chvB mutant strain A. tumefaciens A1011 towards leaf disks of Nicotiana tabacum. An NH2-terminal open reading frame, 480 codons long, was most likely responsible for the restoration of the tumorigenic activity. The A. brasilense sequence showed good homology with the NH2-terminal region of the ndvB gene of Rhizobium meliloti.
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