Co-operative interactions control conjugative transfer of broad host-range plasmid RK2: Full effect of minor changes in TrbA operator depends on KorB

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1095-1108

  Bingle, Lewis E H ^a   Zatyka, Malgorzata ^a   Manzoor, Susan E ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANINE; PROTEIN KORB; PROTEIN TRBA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; REPORTER GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROAD HOST RANGE PLASMIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0042029744     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03620.x     Document Type: Article

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