Bacterial conjugation protein MobA mediates integration of complex DNA structures into plant cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5758-5765

  Bravo Angel, Ana María ^a   Gloeckler, Véronique ^b   Hohn, Barbara ^b   Tinland, Bruno ^c  

^a Cambridge Biomedical Consultants   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032851572     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5758-5765.1999     Document Type: Article

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