Enterococcus faecalis conjugative plasmid pAM373: Complete nucleotide sequence and genetic analyses of sex pheromone response

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1327-1341

  De Boever, Erika H ^a   Clewell, Don B ^a,b   Fraser, Claire M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 0033781814     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02072.x     Document Type: Article

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