Localization pattern of conjugation machinery in a Gram-positive bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6244-6256

  Bauer, Theresa ^a   Rösch, Thomas ^a   Itaya, Mitsuhiro ^b   Graumann, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN VIRB1; BACTERIAL PROTEIN VIRB11; BACTERIAL PROTEIN VIRB4; BACTERIAL PROTEIN VIRD2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN VIRD4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80655143422     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00175-11     Document Type: Article

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