Structure and role of coupling proteins in conjugal DNA transfer

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 199-204

  Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^a   De La Cruz, Fernando ^b   Coll, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATPase; Bacterial conjugation; Coupling protein; DNA transfer; Helicase; Three dimensional structure; Type IV secretion systems

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; PROTEIN AAA; PROTEIN DTR; PROTEIN MPF; PROTEIN T4CP; PROTEIN TRAD; PROTEIN TRAG; PROTEIN TRWA; PROTEIN TRWB; PROTEIN TRWC; PROTEIN VIRD4; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CONJUGATION; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036217298     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01313-X     Document Type: Review

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