Inhibition of bacterial conjugation by phage M13 and its protein g3p: Quantitative analysis and model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Abraham ^a   Jimenez, Jose ^a   Derr, Julien ^a   Vera, Pedro ^a   Manapat, Michael L ^a   Esvelt, Kevin M ^a   Villanueva, Laura ^a   Liu, David R ^a   Chen, Irene A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN G3P; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; F FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGE M13; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F FACTOR; GENES, VIRAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PILI, SEX; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 79957564388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019991     Document Type: Article

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