Structural independence of conjugative coupling protein TrwB from its Type IV secretion machinery

Plasmid

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-153

  Larrea, Delfina ^a   de Paz, Héctor D ^a   Arechaga, Ignacio ^a   de la Cruz, Fernando ^a   Llosa, Matxalen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coupling protein; Plasmid R388; Structural complementation; Type IV secretion system

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE TRWB; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE TRWD; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE TRWJ; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE TRWK; BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON;

BARTONELLA TRIBOCORUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; OPERON; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84891713535     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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