Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes use different proteins to transport bacterial DNA into the plant cell nucleus

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-427

  Ream, Walt ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN GALLS; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRAA PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRD2 PROTEIN; VIRE2 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONJUGATION; DNA BINDING; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSFER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT CELL; PLASMID; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM RHIZOGENES; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; PLANTS; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75249103800     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00104.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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