The Agrobacterium tumefaciens chaperone-like protein, VirE1, interacts with VirE2 at domains required for single-stranded DNA binding and cooperative interaction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6850-6855

  Sundberg, Christopher D ^a,b   Ream, Walt ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0032730166     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6850-6855.1999     Document Type: Article

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