A new type IV secretion system promotes conjugal transfer in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4838-4845

  Chen, Lishan ^a   Chen, Yuching ^a   Wood, Derek W ^a   Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DNA TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036717992     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.17.4838-4845.2002     Document Type: Article

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