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<br><i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> shown using SEM. Source: Gordon Vrdoljak, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley [http://genome.jgi-psf.org/psesy/Psyr_72.jpg]]] | <br><i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> shown using SEM. Source: Gordon Vrdoljak, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley [http://genome.jgi-psf.org/psesy/Psyr_72.jpg]]] | ||
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<br>Infection of European horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) with leasions caused by <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. <i>aesculi</i>. Source: Steele <i>et al.</i> 2010.]] | <br>Infection of European horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) with leasions caused by <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. <i>aesculi</i>. Source: Steele <i>et al.</i> 2010.]] | ||
==Importance== | |||
=Ice Nucleation Active (INA) Proteins= | =Ice Nucleation Active (INA) Proteins= | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
[[Image:Ice_Nucleating_Protein.png|thumb|400px|center|[Image 3] <br><i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> Cross section of modeled INP and a B-helical protein showing a wire frame representation of one loop. Cross section after 100 steps of energy minimization. Source: Graether and Jia, (2001).]] | |||
[[Image:Lindow_et_al_sterile.jpg|thumb|400px|left|[Figure 2] <br> Ice nucleation activity of corn leaf disks from plants with and without leaf surface populations of <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i>. Plants were sprayed with suspensions of 2 x 10<sup>8</sup> cells/ml. Source: Lindow <i>et al.</i>, 1982.]] | [[Image:Lindow_et_al_sterile.jpg|thumb|400px|left|[Figure 2] <br> Ice nucleation activity of corn leaf disks from plants with and without leaf surface populations of <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i>. Plants were sprayed with suspensions of 2 x 10<sup>8</sup> cells/ml. Source: Lindow <i>et al.</i>, 1982.]] |
Revision as of 02:06, 24 April 2011
Introduction
Pseudomonas syringae
Species
Importance
Ice Nucleation Active (INA) Proteins
Description
Structure
Bacterial Effects
Current Research
Conclusion
References
[1] http://genome.jgi-psf.org/psesy/psesy.home.html [2]
[2] Steele, H., B.E. Laue, G.A. MacAskill, A.J. Hendry, and S. Green. “Analysis of the natural infection of European horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) by Pseudomonas syringae pv. Aesculi.” Plant Pathology 59: 1005-1013.
[3] Graether, S.P., and Z. Jia. 2001. Modeling Pseudomonas syringae ice-nucleation protein as a B-helical protein. Biophysical Journal 80: 1169-1173.
[4] Lindow, S.E., D.C. Arny, and C.D. Upper. 1982. Bacterial ice nucleation: a factor in frost injury to plants. Plant Physiology 70: 1084-1089.
Edited by Ryan O'Connor,student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 238 Microbiology, 2011, Kenyon College.