Evidence that F-plasmid proteins TraV, TraK and TraB assemble into an envelope-spanning structure in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 757-766

  Harris, R L ^a   Hombs, V ^a   Silverman, P M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRAB; PROTEIN TRAK; PROTEIN TRAV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRID; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035172604     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02667.x     Document Type: Article

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