Agrobacterium tumefaciens twin-arginine-dependent translocation is important for virulence, flagellation, and chemotaxis but not type IV secretion

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 760-771

  Ding, Zhiyong ^a   Christie, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0037307748     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.760-771.2003     Document Type: Article

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