The Agrobacterium-Plant Cell Interaction. Taking Biology Lessons from a Bug

Plant Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 943-947

  Tzfira, Tzvi ^a   Citovsky, Vitaly ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0345392759     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.032821     Document Type: Editorial

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