Agrobacterium rhizogenes GALLS Protein Substitutes for Agrobacterium tumefaciens Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein VirE2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3065-3077

  Hodges, Larry D ^a   Cuperus, Josh ^a   Ream, Walt ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN GALLS; PROTEIN VIRB1; PROTEIN VIRB11; PROTEIN VIRD4; PROTEIN VIRE2; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CROWN GALL; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HAIRY ROOT DISEASE; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SECRETION;

ACETOPHENONES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REGULON; RHIZOBIUM;

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

EID: 2342608508     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.3065-3077.2004     Document Type: Article

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