Ti plasmid-encoded genes responsible for catabolism of the crown gall opine mannopine by Agrobacterium tumefaciens are homologs of the T-region genes responsible for synthesis of this opine by the plant tumor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3275-3284

  Kim, Kun Soo ^a   Farrand, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MANNITOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXAZINES; PLANT TUMORS; PLASMIDS; PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0029890493     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3275-3284.1996     Document Type: Article

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