The VirE2 protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens: The Yin and Yang of T-DNA transfer

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Duckely, Myriam ^a   Hohn, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; DNA channel; VirE2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIRE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA TRANSFER; ENERGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SHORT SURVEY; SOLUBILITY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038207957     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00246-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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