Virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens requires phosphatidylcholine in the bacterial membrane

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 906-915

  Wessel, Mirja ^a   Klüsener, Sonja ^a   Gödeke, Julia ^a   Fritz, Christiane ^a   Hacker, Stephanie ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN PCS; PROTEIN PMTA; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PLANT TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT TUMORS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS); VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 33749996664     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05425.x     Document Type: Article

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