Temperature affects the T-DNA transfer machinery of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1498-1504

  Fullner, Karla Jean ^a   Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOSYRINGONE; BACTERIAL DNA; OCTOPINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA TRANSFER; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029981531     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1498-1504.1996     Document Type: Article

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