Study of the ability of Agrobacterial protein VirE2 to form pores in membranes

Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series A: Membrane and Cell Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-362

  Chumakov, M I ^a,b   Mazilov, S I ^b   Gusev, Yu S ^b   Volokhina, I V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; DNA transfer; membranes; pore forming proteins; VirE2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPHYTANOYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPHYTANOYL PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; DIPHYTANOYL PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; DNA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PROTEIN VIRE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETA SHEET; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 78651403544     PISSN: 19907478     EISSN: 19907494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1990747810040057     Document Type: Article

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