Site-specific relaxase activity of a VirD2-like protein encoded within the tfs4 genomic island of helicobacter pylori

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 26385-26396

  Grove, Jane I ^a   Alandiyjany, Maher N ^a   Delahay, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPECIFIC INTERACTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

GENES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RELAXASE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRC1 PROTEIN; VIRD2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COMPONENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMIC ISLAND; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIT GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TFS4 GENE;

BACTERIAL CONJUGATION; BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; DNA ENZYMES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INTEGRATING CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTION; RELAXASE; TFS4; VIRD2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84884183960     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.496430     Document Type: Article

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