The receiver domain of hybrid histidine kinase virA: An enhancing factor for vir gene expression in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1534-1542

  Wise, Arlene A ^a   Fang, Fang ^b,c   Lin, Yi Han ^b   He, Fanglian ^a,d   Lynn, David G ^b   Binns, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOSYRINGONE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN VIRA; PROTEIN VIRG; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIR GENE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; VIR; VIRUSES;

EID: 77949392850     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01007-09     Document Type: Article

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