Transfer protein TraM stimulates TraI-catalyzed cleavage of the transfer origin of plasmid R1 in vivo

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-94

  Kupelwieser, Gabriele ^a   Schwab, Margit ^a   Högenauer, Gregor ^a   Koraimann, Günther ^a   Zechner, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; Cleaving joining activity; Conjugative DNA transfer; oriT; Relaxosome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032498267     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1436     Document Type: Article

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