The bases of crown gall tumorigenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3885-3895

  Zhu, Jun ^a   Oger, Philippe M ^b,d   Schrammeijer, Barbara ^c   Hooykaas, Paul J J ^c   Farrand, Stephen K ^b   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

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

^c Inst of Molecular Plant Sciences   (Netherlands)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT TUMORS; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033945446     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.14.3885-3895.2000     Document Type: Short Survey

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