A bacterial peptide acting as a plant nuclear targeting signal: the amino-terminal portion of Agrobacterium VirD2 protein directs a beta-galactosidase fusion protein into tobacco nuclei.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 01, 1990

Authors

A Herrera-Estrella1, M Van Montagu, K Wang

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1: Laboratorium voor Genetica, Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium.

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