Quantitative analysis of VirB8?VirB9?VirB10 interactions provides a dynamic model of type IV secretion system core complex assembly

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4483-4493

  Sivanesan, Durga ^a,c   Hancock, Mark A ^b   Villamil Giraldo, Ana María ^c   Baron, Christian ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; BINARY INTERACTIONS; BINDING PROPERTIES; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BRUCELLA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX ASSEMBLY; CORE COMPLEX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FULL-LENGTH PROTEINS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MULTI-PROTEIN COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECRETION SYSTEMS; SELF-ASSOCIATIONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TERNARY COMPLEX; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS;

ASSAYS; BACTERIOLOGY; BINDING ENERGY; COMPLEXATION; DICHROISM; DYNAMIC MODELS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN; VIRB10 PROTEIN; VIRB8 PROTEIN; VIRB9 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BINDING COMPETITION; BRUCELLA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BRUCELLA SUIS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77952829868     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi902201y     Document Type: Article

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