Specific DNA recognition mediated by a type IV pilin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3065-3070

  Cehovin, Ana ^a   Simpson, Peter J ^b   McDowell, Melanie A ^c   Brown, Daniel R ^a   Noschese, Rossella ^b   Pallett, Mitchell ^a   Brady, Jacob ^b   Baldwin, Geoffrey S ^b   Lea, Susan M ^c   Matthews, Stephen J ^b   Pelicic, Vladimir ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA receptor; Genetic competence

Indexed keywords

ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PILIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; STREPTAVIDIN; TYPE IV PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLADISTICS; CLONE; CYTOPLASM; DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84874235975     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218832110     Document Type: Article

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