Small heat-shock protein HspL is induced by VirB protein(s) and promotes VirB/D4-mediated DNA transfer in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3270-3280

  Tsai, Yun Long ^a   Wang, Ming Hsuan ^a   Gao, Chan ^c   Klüsener, Sonja ^b   Baron, Christian ^c,d   Narberhaus, Franz ^b   Lai, Erh Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOSYRINGONE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIRG; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN L; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION;

ACETOPHENONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, SMALL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIR;

EID: 71049154110     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.030676-0     Document Type: Article

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