Assembly of the VirB transport complex for DNA transfer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plant cells

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 649-655

  Zupan, John R ^a   Ward, Doyle ^a   Zambryski, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLANTS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0032242940     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80110-0     Document Type: Article

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