Relaxosome function and conjugation regulation in F-like plasmids - a structural biology perspective

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 602-617

  Wong, Joyce J W ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Glover, J N Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN FINO; PROTEIN FINP; PROTEIN TRAL; RELAXOSOME; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 2; TRANSFEROSOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOREGULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; F LIKE PLASMID; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; F FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864798613     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08131.x     Document Type: Review

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