Subcellular localization and functional domains of the coupling protein, TraG, from lncHl1 plasmid R27

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3549-3561

  Gunton, James E ^a   Gilmour, Matthew W ^b   Alonso, Guillermina ^c   Taylor, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN TRAG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; R FACTORS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27744482189     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28255-0     Document Type: Article

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