Multiple enzymatic activities of ParB/Srx superfamily mediate sexual conflict among conjugative plasmids

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Maindola, Priyank ^a   Raina, Rahul ^a   Goyal, Parveen ^a   Atmakuri, Krishnamohan ^b,d   Ojha, Abhishek ^a   Gupta, Sourabh ^a   Christie, Peter J ^b   Iyer, Lakshminarayan M ^c   Aravind, L ^c   Arockiasamy, Arulandu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Translational Health Science and Technology Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENZYME; PARB ENZYME; SULFIREDOXIN ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; T-DNA; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; GENOME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLASMID; SECRETION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; OSA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERTILITY; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84923328955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6322     Document Type: Article

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