Molecular recognition determinants for type IV secretion of diverse families of conjugative relaxases

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1539-1555

  Lang, Silvia ^a   Gruber, Karl ^a   Mihajlovic, Sanja ^a   Arnold, Roland ^b   Gruber, Christian J ^a   Steinlechner, Sonja ^a   Jehl, Marc Andre ^b   Rattei, Thomas ^b,c   Fröhlich, Kai Uwe ^a   Zechner, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; HELICASE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN RECD2; PROTEIN TRAD; PROTEIN TRAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SWITCHING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS;

EID: 78650030219     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07423.x     Document Type: Article

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