Characterization of a new Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 381-386

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Alfalfa; Medicago sativa; Octopine; Ti plasmid; Virulence

Indexed keywords

OCTOPINE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ARGININE; CALIFORNIA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT TUMORS; PLANTS; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0031923516     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050586     Document Type: Article

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