Autoregulation of the synthesis of the MobM relaxase encoded by the promiscuous Plasmid pMV158

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1789-1799

  Lorenzo Díaz, Fabián ^a,c   Solano Collado, Virtu ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Bravo, Alicia ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBM RELAXASE; ORIT PROTEIN; PMOB1 PROTEIN; PMOB2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MOBM PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860321255     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06827-11     Document Type: Article

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