Finding a way to the nucleus

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-58

  Gelvin, Stanton B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIP1; PROTEIN VIRE2; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PLANT CELL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75249099012     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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