The mating pair formation system of conjugative plasmids - A versatile secretion machinery for transfer of proteins and DNA

Plasmid

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Schröder, Gunnar ^a   Lanka, Erich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; DNA transfer; Mating pair formation; Mpf system; Protein secretion; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VIRB PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; ENERGY; ENVELOPE GENE; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SECRETION; SEX; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; PILI, SEX; PLASMIDS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 19344374255     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2005.02.001     Document Type: Review

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