Extracellular VirB5 enhances T-DNA transfer from agrobacterium to the host plant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lacroix, Benoît ^a   Citovsky, Vitaly ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIR5B PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; GENE INDUCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; BEET; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETION; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA VULGARIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 80054744503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025578     Document Type: Article

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