Variable efficiency of a Ti plasmid-encoded VirA protein in different agrobacterial hosts

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2305-2313

  Bélanger, Christian ^a,c   Loubens, Isabelle ^a,d   Nester, Eugene W ^b   Dion, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIR; VIRUSES (INFECTIVE AGENTS);

EID: 0030938649     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2305-2313.1997     Document Type: Article

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