Plant transformation: A pilus in Agrobacterium T-DNA transfer

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1567-1569

  Baron, Christian ^a   Zambryski, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIR;

EID: 0030448367     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70773-2     Document Type: Review

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