Figure 1.

Identification of rsa1 from SL2029. (A) Restriction maps of plasmids carrying rsa1 and pathogenicity of SL341 carrying each plasmid on hot pepper (−, avirulent; +, virulent). (B) Nucleotide and amino acid sequences of rsa1. Vertical bars with arrows indicate the position and direction of the Tn3‐gusA insertion. Nucleotide sequence in the rectangular box indicates the perfect consensus hrp_II box motif. Signal peptide sequences are underlined. Restriction endonuclease sites: H, HindIII; E, EcoRI. RBS denotes a putative ribosome binding site.