Attachment of Agrobacterium to plant surfaces

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Matthysse, Ann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Agrobacterium; Attachment; Bacterial binding; Exopolysaccharides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979595885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00252     Document Type: Review

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