Traversing the cell: AgrobacteriumT-DNA's journey to the host genome

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Gelvin, Stanton B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Cytoplasmic trafficking; Nuclear targeting; T DNA; Virulence effector proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878646270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00052     Document Type: Review

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