Plasmid pIP501 has a very broad host range for conjugative transfer among a wide variety of
gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative Escherichia coli. Functionality of the pIP501 …

The translocation of DNA across biological membranes is an essential process for many
living organisms. In bacteria, type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are used to deliver DNA as …

Bacteria use conjugation systems, a subfamily of the type IV secretion systems, to transfer
DNA to recipient cells. Despite 50 years of research, the architecture and mechanism of …

Conjugative transfer of bacterial plasmids is the most efficient way of horizontal gene
spread, and it is therefore considered one of the major reasons for the increase in the …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a severe threat to human health as a frequently multidrug-
resistant hospital-acquired pathogen. Part of the danger from this bacterium comes from its …

Bacterial conjugation was first described by Lederberg and Tatum in the 1940s following the
discovery of the F plasmid. During conjugation a plasmid is transferred unidirectionally from …

Bacteria have developed remarkable systems that sense neighboring target cells upon
contact and initiate a series of events that enhance their survival and growth at the expense …

Previous studies have implicated the obligatory requirement for the vir regulon (or “virulon”)
of the Ti plasmid for the transfer of oncogenes from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plant cells …

The effects of defined mutations In the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the outer membrane
protein OmpA of the recipient cell on mating‐pair formation in liquid media by the transfer …

Conjugative transfer is a primary means of spread of mobile genetic elements (plasmids and
transposons) between bacteria. It leads to the dissemination and evolution of the genes …