An Agrobacterium catalase is a virulence factor involved in tumorigenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 407-414

  Xu, Xiu Q ^a   Pan, Shen Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATALASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT TUMORS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033967375     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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