Expression of VirB2 protein-containing structures on Agrobacterium in mating cultures

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 291-295

  Kurbanova, I V ^a   Velikov, V A ^a   Chumakov, M I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Conjugation; Mating structures; Pilus; Plasmid transfer; VirB2 protein

Indexed keywords

ACETOSYRINGONE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLOIDAL GOLD; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB1 PROTEIN; VIRB2 PROTEIN;

PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; GENE ACTIVATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SUSPENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0035157615     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012274719519     Document Type: Article

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