Structure of TrwB, a gatekeeper in bacterial conjugation

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 839-843

  Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^a   Coll, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; DNA transfer; Nucleotide binding domain; Type IV secretion system; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRWB; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC LINKAGE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLASMID; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECA GENE; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0034923461     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(01)00060-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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