Structural characterization of the vir B operon on the hairy-root-inducing plasmid A4

DNA Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Liang, Yajie ^a   Aoyama, Takashi ^a   Oka, Atsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Pilus; Ri plasmid; T DNA transfer; Vir gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COSMID; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; START CODON; STOP CODON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, TERMINATOR; COSMIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0032579996     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/5.2.87     Document Type: Article

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