Functional dissection of the conjugative coupling protein TrwB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2655-2669

  De Paz, Héctor D ^a   Larrea, Delfina ^a   Zunzunegui, Sandra ^a   Dehio, Christoph ^b   De La Cruz, Fernando ^a   Llosa, Matxalen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROLINE; TRWB PROTEIN; TRWE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TRWB PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BINDING SITE; BIOASSAY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; HYBRID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77952566814     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01692-09     Document Type: Article

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