The omega sequence of VirD2 is important but not essential for efficient transfer of T-DNA by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Bravo Angel, Ana María ^a,b   Hohn, Barbara ^a   Tinland, Bruno ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b EFB   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0031921589     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.1.57     Document Type: Article

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