The conjugal transfer system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens octopine-type Ti plasmids is closely related to the transfer system of an IncP plasmid and distantly related to Ti plasmid vir genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4248-4257

  Alt Mörbe, Juliane ^a,d   Stryker, Joel L ^b,e   Fuqua, Clay ^b,f   Li, Pei Li ^c   Farrand, Stephen K ^c   Winans, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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

^d Laboratorium für DNA Analytik   (Germany)

^e University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^f TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OCTOPINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029897132     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4248-4257.1996     Document Type: Article

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