The Agrobacterium Ti plasmids

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Gordon, Jay E ^a   Christie, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLASMID;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; PLANTS;

EID: 84959089724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0010-2013     Document Type: Article

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