The Agrobacterium tumefaciens virulence gene chvE is part of a putative ABC-type sugar transport operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2452-2458

  Kemner, John M ^a   Liang, Xiaoyou ^a   Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KALANCHOE;

EID: 0030962540     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2452-2458.1997     Document Type: Article

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