A genetic determinant in Streptococcus gordonii challis encodes a peptide with activity similar to that of enterococcal sex pheromone cAM373, which facilitates intergeneric DNA transfer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2535-2545

  Vickerman, M M ^a   Flannagan, S E ^b   Jesionowski, A M ^a   Brossard, K A ^a   Clewell, D B ^b,c   Sedgley, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HEREDITY; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII STR. CHALLIS;

EID: 77952033667     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01689-09     Document Type: Article

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