New insights in the role of HtdA in the regulation of R27 conjugation

Plasmid

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-68

  Gibert, Marta ^a   Juárez, Antonio ^a,b   Madrid, Cristina ^a   Balsalobre, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

HtdA; IncHI; Plasmid conjugation; R27; Tra Operons regulation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN HTDA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC CODE; HTDA GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PLASMID R27; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84879157689     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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