VirB2 is a processed pilin-like protein encoded by the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5706-5711

  Jones, A Louise ^a,b   Lai, Erh Min ^a   Shirasu, Ken ^a,c   Kado, Clarence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OPERON; PLANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0029835794     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5706-5711.1996     Document Type: Article

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