Processed VirB2 is the major subunit of the promiscuous pilus of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2711-2717

  Lai, Erh Min ^a   Kado, Clarence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARA; NEGIBACTERIA; VIR;

EID: 0031923138     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2711-2717.1998     Document Type: Article

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