Cut and move: protein machinery for DNA processing in bacterial conjugation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 744-752

  Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^a   Coll, Miquel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; HELICASE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR;

BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751512976     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.10.004     Document Type: Review

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