Rafael Giraldo

Aggregation and toxicity in bacteria of Rep-WH1 prion-like proteins from the phytopathogen Xylella fastidiosa

ABSTRACT Xylella fastidiosa is a global bacterial phytopathogen that colonizes the xylem vessels, leading to their occlusion and thus to plant death. The expression of the amyloidogenic, prion-like WH1 domain of the replication protein RepA from the Pseudomonas savastanoi plasmid...