TraG from RP4 and TraG and VirD4 from Ti plasmids confer relaxosome specificity to the conjugal transfer system of pTiC58

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1541-1548

  Hamilton, Claire M ^a,d   Lee, Hyewon ^b   Li, Pei Li ^a   Cook, David M ^a   Piper, Kevin R ^a   Von Bodman, Susanne Beck ^a,e   Lanka, Erich ^c   Ream, Walt ^b   Farrand, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d CLONTECH Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034053027     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1541-1548.2000     Document Type: Article

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