Transfer RNA is the source of extracellular isopentenyladenine in a Ti-plasmidless strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 431-438

  Gray, John ^a,c   Gelvin, Stanton B ^b   Meilan, Richard ^a,d   Morris, Roy O ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030039088     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.2.431     Document Type: Article

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