Conjugal transfer but not quorum-dependent tra gene induction of pTiC58 requires a solid surface

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2798-2801

  Piper, Kevin R ^a   Farrand, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TRANSFER; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOLID;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032975019     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2798-2801.1999     Document Type: Article

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