The conjugation protein TcpC from Clostridium perfringens is structurally related to the type IV secretion system protein VirB8 from Gram-negative bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-288

  Porter, Corrine J ^a   Bantwal, Radhika ^a   Bannam, Trudi L ^a   Rosado, Carlos J ^a   Pearce, Mary C ^a   Adams, Vicki ^a   Lyras, Dena ^a   Whisstock, James C ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NTF2 LIKE DOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN TCPA; PROTEIN TCPC; PROTEIN TCPG; PROTEIN TCPH; PROTEIN VIRB8; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TCP GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855804851     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07930.x     Document Type: Article

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