Import of Agrobacterium T-DNA into plant nuclei: Two distinct functions of VirD2 and VirE2 proteins

Plant Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 369-383

  Ziemienowicz, A ^a   Merkle, T ^a   Schoumacher, F ^a   Hohn, B ^a   Rossi, L ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA TRANSFER; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VIRULENCE PROTEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0035097843     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.13.2.369     Document Type: Article

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