Agrobacterium VirE2 proteins can form a complex with T strands in the plant cytoplasm

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4300-4302

  Gelvin, Stanton B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOPLASM; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0031877632     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4300-4302.1998     Document Type: Article

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