Conjugative plasmid transfer from Escherichia coli to Clostridium acetobutylicum

DR Williams, DI Young, M Young - Microbiology, 1990 - microbiologyresearch.org
The conjugation mechanism of IncP plasmids may be employed to mobilize small non-
conjugative plasmids from Escherichia coli to a wide range of different organisms. This …

[HTML][HTML] Covalent association of the traI gene product of plasmid RP4 with the 5'-terminal nucleotide at the relaxation nick site.

W Pansegrau, G Ziegelin, E Lanka - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1990 - Elsevier
Formation of relaxosomes is the first step in the initiation of transfer DNA replication during
bacterial conjugation. This nucleoprotein complex contains all components capable of …

Sequence identity in the nick regions of IncP plasmid transfer origins and T-DNA borders of Agrobacterium Ti plasmids.

VL Waters, KH Hirata, W Pansegrau… - Proceedings of the …, 1991 - National Acad Sciences
The IncP antibiotic-resistance plasmids transfer to a broad range of bacterial species. The
RK2 origin of DNA transfer (oriT) consists of a 250-base-pair segment including the single …

Structural and functional analysis of the origin of conjugal transfer of the broad-host-range IneW plasmid R388 and comparison with the related IncN plasmid R46

M Llosa, S Bolland, F de la Cruz - Molecular and General Genetics MGG, 1991 - Springer
We cloned and sequenced a 402 by DNA segment containing the origin of conjugal transfer
(oriT) of the IncW plasmid R388. Progressive deletions from each end of the sequence were …

Broad host range conjugative and mobilizable plasmids in Gram-negative bacteria

DG Guiney - Bacterial conjugation, 1993 - Springer
Bacterial conjugation mediates genetic exchange not only between cells of the same
species but also between members of distantly related or even unrelated genera. These …

Conjugal transfer of antibiotic resistance factors in Bacteroides fragilis: the btgA and btgB genes of plasmid pBFTM10 are required for its transfer from Bacteroides …

DW Hecht, TJ Jagielo, MH Malamy - Journal of bacteriology, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
Transferable plasmids play an important role in the dissemination of clindamycin-
erythromycin resistance in Bacteroides fragilis. We previously described the isolation and …

Initiation of DNA synthesis in the transfer origin region of RK2 by the plasmid-encoded primase: detection using defective M13 phage

E Yakobson, C Deiss, K Hirata, DG Guiney - Plasmid, 1990 - Elsevier
The broad host range IncP (IncP1) plasmids of gram-negative bacteria encode DNA
primases that are involved in conjugal DNA synthesis. The primase of RK2/RP4 is required …

Bacteroides fragilis mobilizable transposon Tn5520 requires a 71 base pair origin of transfer sequence and a single mobilization protein for relaxosome formation …

G Vedantam, S Knopf, DW Hecht - Molecular microbiology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Tn5520 is the smallest known bacterial mobilizable transposon and was isolated from an
antibiotic resistant Bacteroides fragilis clinical isolate. When a conjugation apparatus is …

Mutagenesis of the Tra1 core region of RK2 by using Tn5: identification of plasmid-specific transfer genes

DG Guiney, C Deiss, V Simnad, L Yee… - Journal of …, 1989 - Am Soc Microbiol
The conjugation system of the IncP alpha plasmid RK2/RP4 is encoded by transfer regions
designated Tra1, Tra2, and Tra3. The Tra1 core region, cloned on plasmid pDG4 delta 22 …

Conjugative gene transfer in clostridia

M Young - Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria, 1993 - Springer
The conjugative transfer of plasmids between Clostridium perfringens strains was initially
described by Sebald and Bréfort in 1975. This was the first demonstration of gene transfer in …