Role of Agrobacterium virB genes in transfer of T complexes and RSF1010

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作者
Fullner, KJ [1 ]
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[1] Univ Washington, Dept Microbiol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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10.1128/JB.180.2.430-434.1998
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Nonpolar virB mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens were tested for RSF1010 mobilization and extracellular complementation. virB2 to virB11 were essential for transfer in both assays. PirB1 was essential only for high frequency transfer of RSF1010 and VirE2. Coordinated transfer of a preassembled T complex is supported by these data and competition studies.
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