Bacterial conjugation in Gram-negative bacteria is triggered by a signal that connects the
relaxosome to the coupling protein (T4CP) and transferosome, a type IV secretion system …

Bacterial conjugation is an important source of genetic plasticity. The initiation complex for
conjugative transfer of transmissible plasmids—the relaxosome—is a specific DNA-protein …

Bacterial conjugation is a promiscuous DNA transport mechanism. Conjugative plasmids
transfer themselves between most bacteria, thus being one of the main causal agents of the …

Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes carried by conjugative plasmids poses a
serious health problem. As conjugative relaxases are transported to recipient cells during …

Bacterial conjugation is a mechanism for horizontal DNA transfer with potential for universal
DNA delivery. The conjugal machinery can be separated into three functional modules: the …

Conjugation is the process by which bacteria exchange genetic materials in a unidirectional
manner from a donor cell to a recipient cell. The discovery of conjugation signalled the dawn …

Conjugation, the process by which plasmid DNA is transferred from one bacterium to
another, is mediated by type IV secretion systems (T4SSs). T4SSs are versatile systems that …

DNA relaxases play an essential role in the initiation and termination of conjugative DNA
transfer. Purification and characterization of relaxases from several plasmids has revealed …

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 …

Conjugative transfer is an important driver in evolution, enabling bacteria to acquire new
traits (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). During conjugative transfer, DNA translocation across the cell envelopes …