Analysis of Vir protein translocation from Agrobacterium tumefaciens using Saccharomyces ceverisiae as a model: Evidence for transport of a novel effector protein VirE3

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 860-868

  Schrammeijer, Barbara ^a   den Dulk Ras, Amke ^a   Vergunts, Annette C ^a   Jácome, Esmeralda Jurado ^a   Hooykaas, Paul J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIRE2; PROTEIN VIRE3; PROTEIN VIRF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENE; YEAST;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 0037327383     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg179     Document Type: Review

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