The type IV secretion system of Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021 is required for conjugation but not for intracellular symbiosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2133-2138

  Jones, Kathryn M ^a   Lloret, Javier ^a,b   Daniele, Joseph R ^a,c   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SUCCINOGLYCAN;

ALFALFA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; AVH GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DELETION MUTANT; DNA TRANSFER; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS; VIRB GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; PLANTS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 33947360769     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00116-06     Document Type: Article

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