Formation of complex extrachromosomal T-DNA structures in Agrobacterium tumefaciens-infected plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 511-522

  Singer, Kamy ^a   Shiboleth, Yoel M ^a   Li, Jianming ^a   Tzfira, Tzvi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865853484     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.200212     Document Type: Article

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