Escaping Underground Nets: Extracellular DNases Degrade Plant Extracellular Traps and Contribute to Virulence of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum

Tuan Minh Tran; April MacIntyre; Martha Hawes; Caitilyn Allen

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005686

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Escaping Underground Nets: Extracellular DNases Degrade Plant Extracellular Traps and Contribute to Virulence of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum

Tuan Minh Tran,

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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April MacIntyre,

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Martha Hawes,

Affiliation Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Caitilyn Allen

* E-mail: callen@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Escaping Underground Nets: Extracellular DNases Degrade Plant Extracellular Traps and Contribute to Virulence of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum

Tuan Minh Tran,
April MacIntyre,
Martha Hawes,
Caitilyn Allen

Published: June 23, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005686

About the Authors

Tuan Minh Tran

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

April MacIntyre

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Martha Hawes

Affiliation Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Caitilyn Allen

* E-mail: callen@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMT AM CA. Performed the experiments: TMT AM. Analyzed the data: TMT AM MH CA. Wrote the paper: TMT AM MH CA.

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