A model for the evolution of biological specificity: A cross-reacting DNA-binding protein causes plasmid incompatibility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 3002-3011

  Hyland, Edel M ^a,c   Wallace, Edward W J ^b   Murraya, Andrew W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARM; PROTEIN PARR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; OPERON; PARC GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84904410899     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01811-14     Document Type: Article

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