Interactions between VirB9 and VirB10 membrane proteins involved in movement of DNA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens into plant cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-89

  Beaupré, Christine E ^a,b   Bohne, Jutta ^a   Dale, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Binns, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIR;

EID: 0031020919     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.1.78-89.1997     Document Type: Article

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