Ti plasmid conjugation is independent of vir: Reconstitution of the tra functions from pTiC58 as a binary system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1291-1297

  Cook, David M ^a,b   Li, Pei Li ^a   Ruchaud, Fabrice ^a,c   Padden, Sean ^a   Farrand, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Center for Biologics Evaluation/Res   (United States)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REPLICON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; VIR;

EID: 0031053660     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1291-1297.1997     Document Type: Article

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