The Agrobacterium rhizogenes GALLS gene encodes two secreted proteins required for genetic transformation of plants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 355-364

  Hodges, Larry D ^a   Lee, Lan Ying ^b   McNett, Henry ^a   Gelvin, Stanton B ^b   Ream, Walt ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN VIRE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLS BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHIZOBIUM RHIZOGENES; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; TOBACCO; CODON; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 58149492412     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01018-08     Document Type: Article

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