Pilus assembly by agrobacterium T-DNA transfer genes

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5278, 1996, Pages 1107-1109

  Fullner, Karla Jean ^a,b   Lara, J Cano ^a   Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

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

EID: 0029799766     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5278.1107     Document Type: Article

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