The phenolic recognition profiles of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirA protein are broadened by a high level of the sugar binding protein ChvE

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5632-5638

  Peng, Wen Tao ^a   Lee, Yong Woog ^a,b   Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0031772265     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5632-5638.1998     Document Type: Article

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