Relaxosomes are specific nucleoprotein structures involved in DNA‐processing reactions
during bacterial conjugation. In this work, we present evidence indicating that plasmid R388 …

The broad‐host‐range, multicopy plasmid R1162 is efficiently mobilized during conjugation
by the self‐transmissible plasmid R751. The relaxosome, a complex of plasmid DNA and …

The mobilization region of plasmid CloDF13 was localized to a 3.6 kb DNA segment that
was analysed by transposon mutagenesis and DNA sequencing. Analysis of the DNA …

An essential early step in conjugal mobilization of R1162, nicking of the DNA strand that is
subsequently transferred, is carried out in the relaxosome, a complex of two plasmid …

Bacterial conjugation is the process by which a single strand of a conjugative plasmid is
transferred from donor to recipient. For F plasmid, TraI, a relaxase or nickase, binds a single …

We show that relaxase TrwC promotes recombination between two directly repeated oriTs
while related relaxases TraI of F and pKM101 do not. Efficient recombination required also …

The tra operon of the prototypical F plasmid and its relatives enables transfer of a copy of the
plasmid to other bacterial cells via the process of conjugation. Tra proteins assemble to form …

A central step in the transfer of genetic information during bacterial conjugation of the
Escherichia coli F plasmid involves the formation of a protein-DNA complex, called the …

The conjugative transfer region of the IncX plasmid R6K (TRAX) was analysed by
transposon mutagenesis and DNA sequencing. Tn5tac1 insertional mutations localized …

Background Bacterial conjugation is a mechanism for horizontal DNA transfer between
bacteria which requires cell to cell contact, usually mediated by self-transmissible plasmids …