A single amino acid substitution beyond the C2H2-zinc finger in Ros derepresses virulence and T-DNA genes in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-178

  Archdeacon, John ^a   Bouhouche, Naima ^a   O'Connell, Fergus ^a   Kado, Clarence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Ros; Virulence gene

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTINE; DNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE; ZINC FINGERS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034660002     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00197-X     Document Type: Article

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