Molecular basis for control of conjugation by bacterial pheromone and inhibitor peptides

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 958-969

  Kozlowicz, Briana K ^a,b   Shi, Ke ^a   Gu, Zu Yi ^a   Ohlendorf, Douglas H ^a   Earhart, Cathleen A ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LIGAND; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTEIN PRGX; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33750493628     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05434.x     Document Type: Article

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