Exploring the phytoplasmas, plant pathogenic bacteria

Recognition of floral homeotic MADS domain transcription factors by a phytoplasmal effector, phyllogen, induces phyllody

(2014) Kensaku Maejima et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Purple top symptoms are associated with reduction of leaf cell death in phytoplasma-infected plants

(2014) Misako Himeno et al.   Scientific Reports

First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ infecting hydrangea showing phyllody in Japan

(2013) Yusuke Takinami et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PLANT PATHOLOGY

The Alteration of Plant Morphology by Small Peptides Released from the Proteolytic Processing of the Bacterial Peptide TENGU

(2013) K. Sugawara et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Genomic and evolutionary aspects of phytoplasmas

(2013) Kenro Oshima et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Functional characterization and gene expression profiling of superoxide dismutase from plant pathogenic phytoplasma

(2012) Chihiro Miura et al.   GENE

Rapid and reliable detection of phytoplasma by loop-mediated isothermal amplification targeting a housekeeping gene

(2012) Kyoko Sugawara et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PLANT PATHOLOGY

Cloning, expression analysis, and sequence diversity of genes encoding two different immunodominant membrane proteins in poinsettia branch-inducing phytoplasma (PoiBI)

(2011) Yutaro Neriya et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Unique morphological changes in plant pathogenic phytoplasma-infected petunia flowers are related to transcriptional regulation of floral homeotic genes in an organ-specific manner

(2011) Misako Himeno et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Phytoplasma Effector SAP54 Induces Indeterminate Leaf-Like Flower Development in Arabidopsis Plants

(2011) A. M. MacLean et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Dramatic Transcriptional Changes in an Intracellular Parasite Enable Host Switching between Plant and Insect

(2011) Kenro Oshima et al.   PLoS One

The Major Antigenic Membrane Protein of “Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris” Selectively Interacts with ATP Synthase and Actin of Leafhopper Vectors

(2011) Luciana Galetto et al.   PLoS One

Phytoplasma protein effector SAP11 enhances insect vector reproduction by manipulating plant development and defense hormone biosynthesis

(2011) A. Sugio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phytoplasma PMU1 exists as linear chromosomal and circular extrachromosomal elements and has enhanced expression in insect vectors compared with plant hosts

(2010) Tania Y. Toruño et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Development and evaluation of a one-hour DNA extraction and loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of phytoplasmas

(2010) J. A. Tomlinson et al.   PLANT PATHOLOGY

Cloning of immunodominant membrane protein genes of phytoplasmas and theirin plantaexpression

(2009) Shigeyuki Kakizawa et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Process of reductive evolution during 10 years in plasmids of a non-insect-transmissible phytoplasma

(2009) Yoshiko Ishii et al.   GENE

In the non-insect-transmissible line of onion yellows phytoplasma (OY-NIM), the plasmid-encoded transmembrane protein ORF3 lacks the major promoter region

(2009) Y. Ishii et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A unique virulence factor for proliferation and dwarfism in plants identified from a phytopathogenic bacterium

(2009) A. Hoshi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phytoplasma Research Begins to Bloom

(2009) Evelyn Strauss   SCIENCE

The linear chromosome of the plant-pathogenic mycoplasma 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'

(2008) Michael Kube et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Comparative Genome Analysis of "Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense" (Subgroup tuf-Australia I; rp-A) and "Ca. Phytoplasma asteris" Strains OY-M and AY-WB

(2008) L. T. T. Tran-Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Phytoplasmas: bacteria that manipulate plants and insects

(2008) SASKIA A. HOGENHOUT et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

AY-WB Phytoplasma Secretes a Protein That Targets Plant Cell Nuclei

(2008) Xiaodong Bai et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Cloning and Characterization of the Antigenic Membrane Protein (Amp) Gene and In Situ Detection of Amp from Malformed Flowers Infected with Japanese Hydrangea Phyllody Phytoplasma

(2008) R. Arashida et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Heterogeneic Dynamics of the Structures of Multiple Gene Clusters in Two Pathogenetically Different Lines Originating from the Same Phytoplasma

(2007) Ryo Arashida et al.   DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY