A translocation motif in relaxase trwc specifically affects recruitment by its conjugative type IV Secretion System

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4999-5006

  Alperi, Anabel ^a   Larrea, Delfina ^a,d   Fernández González, Esther ^a   Dehio, Christoph ^b   Zechner, Ellen L ^c   Llosa, Matxalen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN TRWC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CELL LINE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

EID: 84887233048     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00367-13     Document Type: Article

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