TraY DNA recognition of its two F factor binding sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 563-578

  Lum, Pamela L ^a,b   Rodgers, Michael E ^a   Schildbach, Joel F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; DNA specificity; F factor; Ribbon helix helix; TraY

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; F FACTOR; GUANINE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN TRAY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036965763     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00680-0     Document Type: Article

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