Biological systems of the host cell involved in Agrobacterium infection

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-20

  Citovsky, Vitaly ^a   Kozlovsky, Stanislav V ^a   Lacroix, Benoît ^a   Zaltsman, Adi ^a   Dafny Yelin, Mery ^b   Vyas, Shachi ^b   Tovkach, Andriy ^b   Tzfira, Tzvi ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PLANT DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHIZOBIUM; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINOIDEA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 33845510957     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00830.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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