The Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB7 lipoprotein is required for stabilization of VirB proteins during assembly of the T-complex transport apparatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3168-3176

  Fernandez, David ^a   Spudich, Giulietta M ^a   Zhou, Xue Rong ^a   Christie, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE ACTIVATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 0029891713     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3168-3176.1996     Document Type: Article

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