Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirC2 enhances T-DNA transfer and virulence through its C-terminal ribbon-helix-helix DNA-binding fold

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9643-9648

  Lu, Jun ^a   Den Dulk Ras, Amke ^b   Hooykaas, Paul J J ^b   Glover, J N Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; DNA processing; Ti plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRC2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA TRANSFER; GENE TRANSFER; KALANCHOE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; KALANCHOE DAIGREMONTIANA; NICOTIANA GLAUCA;

EID: 67649836366     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812199106     Document Type: Article

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