… ENZYMOLOGY OF BACTERIAL CONJUGATION … In addition, pTi encodes a bacterial
conjugation system called Tra, … of DNA process ing reactions fundamental to conjugation. It …

… plasmids in grampositive bacteria are likely to be … conjugation: the processing of plasmid
DNA during its conjugative transfer. This processing includes nicking and initiation of DNA …

… It appears that conjugation can transport DNA almost regardless of the number and sorts
of barriers in its way. Maybe we should envisage this process as more aggressive than we …

… Protein TrwC is the conjugative relaxase responsible for DNA processing in plasmid R388
bacterial conjugation. TrwC has two catalytic tyrosines, Y18 and Y26, both able to carry out …

… of DNA and proteins from donor to recipient cells. Although bacterial conjugation was first …
to unravel the molecular mechanisms behind this process. In particular, structural biology is …

… This process is experimental and the … of bacterial conjugation have been established.
Early experiments by Lederberg and Tatum in the 1940s showed that DNA from one bacterium …

… In addition, these systems are designed to initiate DNA replica tion and transfer upon contact
with a recipient cell, suggesting that the process involves signaling, DNA processing, and …

… their passenger determinants represent DNA acquired recently by their bacterial hosts, and
… establishment in new bacterial cells by the process known as conjugation. Whereas many …

… , a process termed horizontal or lateral gene transfer. Conjugation is the process of transferring
DNA from a donor to a recipient cell with the establishment of the incoming DNA and its …

… Bacterial conjugation in Gram-negative bacteria is triggered … studies or in vivo studies using
bacteria grown in a rich medium … of this process, integrating conjugation into the life history of …