Agrobacterium ParA/MinD-like VirC1 spatially coordinates early conjugative DNA transfer reactions

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2540-2551

  Atmakuri, Krishnamohan ^a   Cascales, Eric ^a,c   Burton, Oliver T ^b   Banta, Lois M ^b   Christie, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ATPase; Conjugation; Partitioning; Relaxosome; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIRC1; PROTEIN VIRC2; PROTEIN VIRD1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRD2 RELAXASE;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 34249061772     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601696     Document Type: Article

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