Identification and characterization of the genes of Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pCF10 involved in replication and in negative control of pheromone-inducible conjugation

Plasmid

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-57

  Hedberg, Peter J ^a   Leonard, Bettina A B ^a   Ruhfel, Robert E ^a,b   Dunny, Gary M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL AGGREGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REGULATOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 0030065160     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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