Dimerization of VirD2 Binding Protein Is Essential for Agrobacterium Induced Tumor Formation in Plants

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Padavannil, Abhilash ^a   Jobichen, Chacko ^a   Qinghua, Yang ^a   Seetharaman, Jayaraman ^b   Velazquez Campoy, Adrian ^c,d   Yang, Liu ^a   Pan, Shen Q ^a   Sivaraman, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRD2 BINDING PROTEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING AFFINITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT TUMOR; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PULL DOWN ASSAY; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CALORIMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; KALANCHOE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT TUMORS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84897402437     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003948     Document Type: Article

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