The right end of the vir region of an octopine-type Ti plasmid contains four new members of the vir regulon that are not essential for pathogenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1774-1778

  Kalogeraki, Virginia S ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Stryker, Joel L ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOSYRINGONE; AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETOPHENONES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULON; RHIZOBIUM; VIRULENCE;

PROKARYOTA; VIR;

EID: 0034093322     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1774-1778.2000     Document Type: Article

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