Isolation, purification, and identification of the virulence protein VirE2 from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Microbiological Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-73

  Volokhina, Irina ^a   Sazonova, Inna ^a   Velikov, Vladimir ^a   Chumakov, Mikhail ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

A. tumefaciens; Miniantibodies; Virulence protein VirE2

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PROTEINS;

AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CYTOPLASM; VIRULENCE;

VIRUSES;

PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 13444282288     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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