Suppression of mutant phenotypes of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB11 ATPase by overproduction of VirB proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5835-5842

  Zhou, Xue Rong ^a   Christie, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0030955226     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5835-5842.1997     Document Type: Article

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