F factor conjugation is a true type IV secretion system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Lawley, T D ^a   Klimke, W A ^a   Gubbins, M J ^a   Frost, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Membrane complex; Pili; Plasmid; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; F FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; PILIN; PROPILIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL SECRETION; CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038308165     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00430-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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