Bacterial nucleation in pseudomonas syringae

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Bacterial Nucleation in
Pseudomonas syringae

Introduction

Pseudomonas syringae

[Image 1]
Pseudomonas syringae shown using SEM. Source: Gordon Vrdoljak, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley [1]
[Image 2] Infection of European horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) with leasions caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi. Source: Steele et al. 2010.

Ice Nucleation Active (INA) Proteins

[Image 3]
Pseudomonas syringae 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).


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.