Genetic and environmental factors affecting T-pilin export and T-pilus biogenesis in relation to flagellation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3705-3716

  Lai, Erh Min ^a,c   Chesnokova, Olga ^a,d   Banta, Lois M ^b   Kado, Clarence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOGENESIS; DNA TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CULTURE MEDIA; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0034047379     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3705-3716.2000     Document Type: Article

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