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What is Pierce's Disease?

Pierce's Disease is a bacterial infection, which is spread by bugs that feed on grapevines, particularly the "glassy winged sharpshooter." Grapevines that become infected with PD can quickly become sick and die.

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Species-Specific Type II Restriction-Modification System of Xylella fastidiosa Temecula1

  • Author(s): Igo, MM; Matsumoto, A;
  • Abstract: The transformation efficiency of Xylella fastidiosa can be increased by interfering with restriction by the strain-specific type II system encoded by the PD1607 and PD1608 genes. Here, we report results for two strategies: in vitro methylation using M. SssI and isolation of DNA from an Escherichia coli strain expressing the methylase PD1607.
  • Publication Date: Jun 2010
  • Journal: Applied And Environmental Microbiology

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