Molecular characterization of the virulence gene virG of pTiKU12

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-400

  Lee, Sung Hee ^a,b   Sim, Woóng Seop ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b CJ Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A. tumefaciens; Complementation Test; Nucleotide Sequence; Promoter; vir Box; virG

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRG PROTEIN, SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032584808     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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