Conjugative junctions in RP4-mediated mating of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2709-2715

  Samuels, A Lacey ^a   Lanka, Erich ^b   Davies, Julian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATING; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PILI, SEX; PLASMIDS;

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

EID: 0034097777     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2709-2715.2000     Document Type: Article

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