Agrobacterium-plant cell DNA transport: Have virulence proteins, will travel

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1699-1710

  Sheng, Jinsong ^a   Citovsky, Vitaly ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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AGROBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030266355     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.10.1699     Document Type: Review

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