The peptidoglycan hydrolase TcpG is required for efficient conjugative transfer of pCW3 in Clostridium perfringens

Plasmid

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-147

  Bantwal, Radhika ^a   Bannam, Trudi L ^a   Porter, Corrine J ^a   Quinsey, Noelene S ^a   Lyras, Dena ^a   Adams, Vicki ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Conjugation; Gram positive; PCW3; Peptidoglycan hydrolyase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PROTEIN TCPG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PLASMID PCW3; PREDICTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TCPI GENE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84858996693     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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