Characterization of the traD operon of naphthalene-catabolic plasmid NAH7: A host-range modifier in conjugative transfer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6281-6289

  Miyazaki, Ryo ^a,b   Ohtsubo, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nagata, Yuji ^a   Tsuda, Masataka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RELAXASE; TRAB PROTEIN; TRAD PROTEIN; TRAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CONJUGATION; CYTOPLASM; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RANGE; HYBRID; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PLASMID NAH7; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRAD GENE; TRAE GENE; TRAF GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NAPHTHALENES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 52649135569     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00709-08     Document Type: Article

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