Interaction between the F plasmid TraA (F-pilin) and TraQ proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 780-791

  Harris, Robin L ^a   Sholl, K April ^a   Conrad, Michael N ^a   Dresser, Michael E ^a   Silverman, Philip M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONJUGATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F PLASMID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0032729789     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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