Light affects motility and infectivity of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2020-2029

  Oberpichler, Inga ^a,c   Rosen, Ran ^b,d   Rasouly, Aviram ^b   Vugman, Michal ^b   Ron, Eliora Z ^b   Lamparter, Tilman ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d Agentek 1987 Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEOMICS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOMATO; VIRULENCE; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FLAGELLIN; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEOMICS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 64849106498     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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