Pleiotropic phenotypes caused by genetic ablation of the receiver module of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirA protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4710-4716

  Chang, Chia Hwa ^a,b   Zhu, Jun ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIR; VIRUSES (INFECTIVE AGENTS);

EID: 0029764933     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4710-4716.1996     Document Type: Article

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