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Journal of Bacteriology
Ti plasmid conjugation is independent of vir: reconstitution of the tra
functions from pTiC58 as a binary system.
Pleiotropic menaquinone-deficient mutant of Bacillus
subtilis.
Physiological effects of menaquinone deficiency in Bacillus
subtilis.
Changes in menaquinone concentration during growth and
early sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Attempts to detect deoxyribonucleic acid from Agrobacterium
tumefaciens and bacteriophage PS8 in crown gall tumors by
complementary ribonucleic acid-deoxyribonucleic acid-filter
hybridization.
Conjugation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens in the absence of
plant tissue.
R-plasmid-mediated chromosomal gene transfer in
Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Diversity among B6 strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Transposon-facilitated chromosome mobilization in
Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Characterization of transposon Tn5-facilitated donor strains
and development of a chromosomal linkage map for
Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Proline biosynthesis encoded by the noc and occ loci of
Agrobacterium Ti plasmids.
Genetic analysis of agrocin 84 production and immunity in
Agrobacterium spp.
Characterization and mapping of the agrocinopine-agrocin 84
locus on the nopaline Ti plasmid pTiC58.
Opine utilization by Agrobacterium spp.: octopine-type Ti
plasmids encode two pathways for mannopinic acid
degradation.
Characterization of conjugal transfer functions of
Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid pTiC58.
Construction of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 recA
mutant.
Spontaneous mutation conferring the ability to catabolize
mannopine in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
The oriT region of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid
pTiC58 shares DNA sequence identity with the transfer
origins of RSF1010 and RK2/RP4 and with T-region borders.
The tra region of the nopaline-type Ti plasmid is a chimera with elements
related to the transfer systems of RSF1010, RP4, and F.
Genetic analysis of the agrocinopine catabolic region of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens Ti plasmid pTiC58, which encodes genes required for
opine and
agrocin 84 transport.
Capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Erwinia stewartii
require induction by an N-acylhomoserine lactone autoinducer.
A new regulatory element modulates homoserine lactone-mediated autoinduction
of Ti plasmid conjugal transfer.
Functional role of the Ti plasmid-encoded catabolic mannopine cyclase in
mannityl opine catabolism by Agrobacterium spp.
A Ti plasmid-encoded enzyme required for degradation of mannopine is
functionally homologous to the T-region-encoded enzyme required for
synthesis
of this opine in crown gall tumors.
Ti plasmid-encoded genes responsible for catabolism of the crown gall opine
mannopine by Agrobacterium tumefaciens are homologs of the T-region
genes
responsible for synthesis of this opine by the plant tumor.
Purification and characterization of catabolic mannopine cyclase encoded by the
Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid pTi15955.
The conjugal transfer system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
octopine-type Ti plasmids is closely related to the transfer system
of
an IncP plasmid and distantly related to Ti plasmid vir genes.
Nature Biotechnology
Modification of rhizobacterial populations by engineering bacterium utilization
of a novel plant-produced resource
Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences
Detecting and characterizing N-acyl-homoserine lactone signal
molecules by thin-layer chromatography.
TraI, $
factor, the Ti plasmid N-acylhomoserine lactone autoinducer.
Opine catabolism and conjugal transfer of the nopaline Ti plasmid
pTiC58 are coordinately regulated by a single repressor.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens DNA and PS8 bacteriophage DNA not
detected in crown gall tumors.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Translocation and exudation of tumor metabolites in crown galled
plants.
Applied Environmental Microbiology
A novel gene tag for identifying microorganisms released into the
environment.
Nature
Conjugation factor of Agrobacterium tumefaciens regulates Ti plasmid
transfer by autoinduction.
Plasmid
Deletion derivatives of pAgK84 and their use in the analysis of
Agrobacterium plasmid functions.
Tn5 insertions in the agrocin 84 plasmid: the conjugal nature of
pAgK84 and the locations of determinants for transfer and agrocin 84
production.
Genetic isolation and physical characterization of pAgK84, the
plasmid responsible for agrocin 84 production.
Molecular and General Genetics
Agrobacterium plasmids encode structurally and functionally different
loci for catabolism of agrocinopine-type opines.
Genetic analysis of mannityl opine catabolism in octopine-type
Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain 15955.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Localization and characterization of the region encoding catabolism of
mannopinic acid from the octopine-type Ti plasmid pTi15955.
Journal of Clincal Microbiology
Rapid detection of cytomegalovirus in clinical specimens by using
biotinylated DNA probes and analysis of cross-reactivity with herpes
simplex virus.
Journal of General Microbiology
Agrobacterium Ti and Ri plasmids specify enzymic lactonization of
mannopine to agropine.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Diversity of determinants encoding carbenicillin, gentamicin, and
tobramycin resistance in nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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carbenicillin, and gentamicin resistance to other gram-negative
bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Chemotherapy
An R plasmid of Serratia marcescens transferable to Pseudomonas
aeruginosa.
Journal of Medical Microbiology
An R plasmid of broad host-range, coding for resistance to nine
antimicrobial agents endemic in Gram-negative nosocomial isolates.
Genetics
RP4 promotion of transfer of a large Agrobacterium plasmid which
confers virulence.
Biochimica Biophysica Acta
Attempts to detect Agrobacterium tumefaciens and bacteriophage PS8
DNA in crown gall tumors by DNA-DNA-filter hybridization.