attG and attC mutations of Agrobacterium tumefaciens are dominant negative mutations that block attachment and virulence

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Matthysse, Ann G ^a,b   Jaeckel, Peter ^a,c   Jeter, Cecelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Amgen Research GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; att mutants; Attachment; pAT; Root binding; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ROOT BINDING;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; FRUIT; GENE; MUTATION; ROOT; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; ATTC GENE; ATTG GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRYOPHYLLUM DAIGREMONTIANA; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KALANCHOE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOMATO;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DAUCUS CAROTA; GENES, DOMINANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; OPERON; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TUMORS; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ATTA; DAUCUS CAROTA; KALANCHOE DAIGREMONTIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 42149185013     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-005     Document Type: Article

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