An isoflavonoid-inducible efflux pump in Agrobacterium tumefaciens is involved in competitive colonization of roots

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3107-3113

  Palumbo, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Kado, Clarence I ^a   Phillips, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; COUMESTROL; FORMONONETIN; ISOFLAVONOID; MEDICARPIN; TRITERPENOID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; GENE LOCUS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031777833     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3107-3113.1998     Document Type: Article

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