Mobilization of chimeric oriT plasmids by F and R100-1: Role of relaxosome formation in defining plasmid specificity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 4022-4027

  Fekete, Richard A ^a   Frost, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033917122     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.14.4022-4027.2000     Document Type: Article

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