Characterization of the Xylella fastidiosa PD1671 Gene Encoding Degenerate c-di-GMP GGDEF/EAL Domains, and Its Role in the Development of Pierce’s Disease

• Luciana Cursino,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Dusit Athinuwat,

  Current address: Major of Organic Farming Management, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Kelly R. Patel,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Cheryl D. Galvani,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Paulo A. Zaini,

  Current address: Department of Biochemistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Yaxin Li,

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Leonardo De La Fuente,

  Current address: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Harvey C. Hoch,

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Thomas J. Burr,

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States of America

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• Patricia Mowery

  * E-mail: mowery@hws.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York, United States of America

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