Role of the VirA histidine autokinase of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in the initial steps of pathogenesis

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Yi Han ^a   Pierce, B Daniel ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Wise, Arlene ^b   Binns, Andrew N ^b   Lynn, David G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; GAF domain; Pathogenesis; Signal transduction; Two component system; VirA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901041904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00195     Document Type: Article

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