RepB protein of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid binds to two adjacent sites between repA and repB for plasmid partitioning and autorepression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1114-1129

  Chai, Yunrong ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HELICASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; REPA PROTEIN; REPB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27944462541     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04886.x     Document Type: Article

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