UMR 1332 de Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA, University of Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
*Corresponding author e-mail: Nathalie Arricau-Bouvery (nathalie.bouvery@inra.fr)
Online published on 25 July, 2019.
Linking of adhesins to glycoproteins in a lectin-like manner is a common trait during the cycle of microbes, virus to parasites, across insects. VmpA is a “flavescence dorée” phytoplasma adhesin that binds insect cells in culture and perimicrovillar membrane of the experimental vector Euscelidius variegatus. It is shown that VmpA seems to attach to insect cells in a lectin-like manner using ELISA, competitive adhesion assay and Far-Western blot.
Adhesin, lectin, “flavescence dorée” phytoplasma, insect cell
