Localization of the protein VirB1 involved in contact formation during conjugation among Agrobacterium cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-301

  Chumakov, Mikhail I ^a   Kurbanova, Irina V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Conjugation; Pilus; Ti plasmid; VirB protein

Indexed keywords

ACETOSYRINGONE; COLLOIDAL GOLD; PYROXYLIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GOLD COLLOID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0031791120     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00455-8     Document Type: Article

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