Characterization of flagella genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and the effect of a bald strain on virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-590

  Chesnokova, Olga ^a   Coutinho, John B ^a   Khan, Imran H ^a,b   Mikhail, Maurice S ^a,c   Kado, Clarence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031015566     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.d01-1875.x     Document Type: Article

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