Transcriptional regulation and locations of Agrobacterium tumefaciens genes required for complete catabolism of octopine

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Cho, Kyungyun ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a,b   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTOPINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031019655     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.1.1-8.1997     Document Type: Article

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