TrlR, a defective TraR-like protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, blocks TrafR function in vitro by forming inactive TrlR:TraR dimers

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 414-421

  Chai, Y ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Winans, S C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PHEROMONE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0035035809     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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