Quorum-sensing signal binding results in dimerization of TraR and its release from membranes into the cytoplasm

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 5212-5221

  Qin, Yinping ^a   Luo, Zhao Qing ^a   Smyth, Audra J ^a   Gao, Ping ^a   Von Bodman, Susanne Beck ^b   Farrand, Stephen K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl homoserine lactone; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Quorum sensing; Ti plasmid; TraR dimerization

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CROSS LINKING; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034596996     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.19.5212     Document Type: Article

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