Mutational analysis of the input domain of the VirA protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 961-970

  Doty, Sharon Lafferty ^a   Yu, M Christina ^a   Lundin, J Ingrid ^a   Heath, Joe Don ^a   Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 0030058277     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.4.961-970.1996     Document Type: Article

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