Attachment of Agrobacterium tumefaciens to carrot cells and Arabidopsis wound sites is correlated with the presence of a cell-associated, acidic polysaccharide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5372-5379

  Reuhs, Bradley L ^a   Kim, John S ^a   Matthysse, Ann G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARROT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; WOUND INFECTION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYLLUM; BRYOPHYLLUM DAIGREMONTIANA; DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0030885611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5372-5379.1997     Document Type: Article

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