The Role of Inverted Repeat (IR) Sequence of the virE Gene Expression in Agrobacterium tumefaciens pTiA6

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Jeon, Geoung A ^a   Eum, Jin Seong ^b   Sim, Woong Seop ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Mokwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Inverted repeat (IR) sequence; pTiA6; virE promoter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0032573927     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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