The quorum-sensing protein TraR of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is susceptible to intrinsic and TraM-mediated proteolytic instability

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 807-815

  Costa, Esther D ^a   Chai, Yunrong ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; TRAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; WHOLE CELL;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEOLYSIS; QUORUM SENSING;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 84861346646     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08037.x     Document Type: Article

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