Specificity of the TraA-DNA Interaction in the Regulation of the pPD1-Encoded Sex Pheromone Response in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 380, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 932-945

  Folli, Claudia ^a   Mangiarotti, Laura ^a   Folloni, Silvia ^a   Alfieri, Beatrice ^a   Gobbo, Marina ^b   Berni, Rodolfo ^a   Rivetti, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; bacterial conjugation; Enterococcus faecalis; pheromone dependent plasmid; protein DNA interaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN IPD; PROTEIN TRAA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRAE GENE; TRAF GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 45849142532     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.058     Document Type: Article

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