Regulation of transfer of the Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responding plasmid pAD1: Temperature-sensitive transfer mutants and identification of a new regulatory determinant, traD

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3250-3259

  De Freire Bastos, Maria Do Carmo ^a,b   Tanimoto, Koichi ^a,c   Clewell, Don B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HORMONE RELEASE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 1842293415     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3250-3259.1997     Document Type: Article

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