| heterologous expression and processing of the flavescence dorée phytoplasma variable membrane protein vmpa in spiroplasma citri. | flavescence dorée (fd) of grapevine is a phloem bacterial disease that threatens european vineyards. the disease is associated with a non-cultivable mollicute, a phytoplasma that is transmitted by the grapevine leafhopper scaphoideus titanus in a persistent, propagative manner. the specificity of insect transmission is presumably mediated through interactions between the host tissues and phytoplasma surface proteins comprising the so-called variable membrane proteins (vmps). plant spiroplasmas a ... | 2015 | 25879952 |