VirB6 is required for stabilization of VirB5 and VirB3 and formation of VirB7 homodimers in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4505-4511

  Hapfelmeier, Siegfried ^a   Domke, Natalie ^a   Zambryski, Patricia C ^b   Baron, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033871785     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4505-4511.2000     Document Type: Article

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