The study of protein-protein interactions in bacteria

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1241-1257

  Velasco García, Roberto ^a   Vargas Martínez, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacterial interactome; High throughput methods; Protein complementation assays; Protein protein interactions; Yeast 2 hybrid system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL ORGANELLE; DATABASE; HYBRID; PROTEIN; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RELIABILITY; YEAST;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869025431     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w2012-104     Document Type: Article

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