In vivo oligomerization of the F conjugative coupling protein TraD

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6626-6634

  Haft, Rembrandt J F ^a   Gachelet, Eliora G ^a   Nguyen, Tran ^a   Toussaint, Luttrell ^a   Chivian, Dylan ^a,b   Traxler, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TRAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CROSS LINKING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548583310     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00513-07     Document Type: Article

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