The replicator of the nopaline-type Ti plasmid pTiC58 is a member of the repABC family and is influenced by the TraR-dependent quorum-sensing regulatory system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 179-188

  Li, Pei Li ^a   Farrand, Stephen K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; NOPALINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033988273     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.179-188.2000     Document Type: Article

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