Quantitative image analysis and modeling indicate the Agrobacterium tumefaciens type IV secretion system is organized in a periodic pattern of foci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Cameron, Todd A ^a   Roper, Marcus ^b   Zambryski, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; PROTEIN VIRB8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL LABELING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84864440261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042219     Document Type: Article

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