Direct visualization of Agrobacterium-delivered VirE2 in recipient cells

Plant Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 487-495

  Li, Xiaoyang ^a   Yang, Qinghua ^a   Tu, Haitao ^a   Lim, Zijie ^a   Pan, Shen Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Nicotiana benthamiana; protein delivery; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; T DNA; technical advance; VirE2; visualization

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PROTEIN DELIVERY; T-DNA; TECHNICAL ADVANCES; VIRE2;

CYTOLOGY; DNA; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; VISUALIZATION; YEAST;

CELLS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; T DNA; T-DNA; VIRE2 PROTEIN, AGROBACTERIUM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DELIVERY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TECHNICAL ADVANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRE2; VISUALIZATION;

AGROBACTERIUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PROTEIN DELIVERY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; T-DNA; TECHNICAL ADVANCE; VIRE2; VISUALIZATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84893671114     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12397     Document Type: Article

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