Functional characterization of the competence protein DprA/Smf in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-228

  Smeets, Leonard C ^a,e   Becker, Stephen C ^b   Barcak, Gerard J ^b   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a,c   Bitter, Wilbert ^a   Goosen, Nora ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dprA; Escherichia coli; Haemophilus influenzae; Recombination; smf; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DPRA PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 33748781972     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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