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Beatriz Xoconostle-Cázares
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Open AccessMetagenomic Analysis of Rhizospheric Bacterial Community of Citrus Trees Expressing Phloem-Directed Antimicrobials
Huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening, is currently the most devastating citrus disease with limited success in prevention and mitigation. A promising strategy for Huanglongbing control is the use of an...
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Detection of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in solanaceous plants in Mexico
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is a novel tobamovirus initially reported in Jordan and Israel, and, more recently, in Europe, China, the USA and México, which causes severe symptoms in tomato and pepper...
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The cereal phytopathogen Sporisorium reilianum is able to infect the non-natural host Arabidopsis thaliana
We analyzed the infection of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the basidiomycete phytopathogen of cereals Sporisorium reilianum in order to use it as an experimental pathosystem model. Sterile plantlets of
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Structure-Function Relationship of TCTP
The translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is a small, multifunctional protein found in most, if not all, eukaryotic lineages, involved in a myriad of key regulatory processes. Among these, the contro...
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Bioinformatic analysis of Arabidopsis reverse transcriptases with a zinc-finger domain
Plants, as most eukaryotic organisms, harbor several genes encoding a reverse transcriptase domain. The majority of them are part of transposable elements (TEs) and/or retroviral genomes that have been inserte...
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Open AccessTraditional knowledge and use of wild mushrooms by Mixtecs or Ñuu savi, the people of the rain, from Southeastern Mexico
Mexico is an important global reservoir of biological and cultural richness and traditional knowledge of wild mushrooms. However, there is a high risk of loss of this knowledge due to the erosion of traditiona...
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Open AccessGeminivirus mixed infection on pepper plants: Synergistic interaction between PHYVV and PepGMV
PHYVV and PepGMV are plant viruses reported in Mexico and Southern US as causal agents of an important pepper disease known as "rizado amarillo". Mixed infections with PHYVV and PepGMV have been reported in se...
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Wild Mushroom Markets in Central Mexico and a Case Study at Ozumba
Wild Mushroom Markets in Central Mexico and a Case Study at Ozumba. More than 200 species of wild edible mushrooms are consumed in Mexico, and over 100 are sold in local, regional, and wh...
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Ricinus communis cyclophilin: functional characterisation of a sieve tube protein involved in protein folding
The phloem translocation stream of the angiosperms contains a special population of proteins and RNA molecules which appear to be produced in the companion cells prior to being transported into the sieve tube ...
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Phylogenetic and Structural Analysis of Translationally Controlled Tumor Proteins
The translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is conserved in all eukaryotes studied thus far. Recent evidence points to an important role for TCTP in the induction of cell proliferation in animals throu...
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One-step Purification and Immobilization in Cellulose of the GroEL Apical Domain Fused to a Carbohydrate-binding Module and its use in Protein Refolding
The apical domain of the chaperonin, GroEL, fused to the carbohydrate binding module type II, CBDCex, of Cellulomonas fimi, was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein, soluble or from inclusion bo...
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Leonotis nepetaefolia: An important plant virus reservoir in central Mexico
The presence of viruses in the weedLeonotis nepetaefolia in central México is reported from two field surveys.L. nepetaefolia, with viral-like symptoms such as mosaic, leaf deformation and calico, was observed gr...
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Efficient Transformation of Cellulomonas flavigena by Electroporation and Conjugation with Bacillus thuringiensis
The conjugative self-transmissible plasmid pHT73, harbored in Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki, was demonstrated to be transferred to Cellulomonas flavigena, a cellulolytic bacterium. Both conjugation and tra...
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Carboxin-Resistant Mutant of Ustilago maydis Is Impaired in Its Pathogenicity for Zea mays
We analyzed the pathogenicity of chitin synthetase (chs) disruptants of Ustilago maydis obtained with the carboxin-resistant or the hygromycin-resistant cassettes. We found that only chitin synthetase (chs) muta...
