Entry exclusion in the IncHI1 plasmid R27 is mediated by EexA and EexB

Plasmid

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-101

  Gunton, James E ^a   Ussher, John E R ^a   Rooker, Michelle M ^a   Wetsch, Nicole M ^a   Alonso, Guillermina ^b   Taylor, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Entry exclusion; Surface exclusion

Indexed keywords

EEXA PROTEIN; EEXB PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INCOMPATIBILITY H GROUP I1 PLASMID R27; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; COSMIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39549111464     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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