TraC of IncN plasmid pKM101 associates with membranes and extracellular high-molecular-weight structures in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5563-5571

  Schmidt Eisenlohr, Heike ^a   Domke, Natalie ^a   Baron, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSPOSON;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032873607     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5563-5571.1999     Document Type: Article

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