ParB of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Interactions with its partner ParA and its target parS and specific effects on bacterial growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6983-6998

  Bartosik, Aneta A ^a   Lasocki, Krzysztof ^a   Mierzejewska, Jolanta ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^b   Jagura Burdzy, Grazyna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PARB; PROTEIN PARS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 4944234921     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.20.6983-6998.2004     Document Type: Article

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