Conjugative type IV secretion systems in Gram-positive bacteria

Plasmid

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-302

  Goessweiner Mohr, Nikolaus ^a   Arends, Karsten ^b   Keller, Walter ^a   Grohmann, Elisabeth ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Conjugative transfer; Enterococcus; Plasmid; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PLASMID DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATIVE PLASMID; DNA TRANSFER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

AA; AMINO ACID(S); ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONJUGATIVE TRANSFER; DOUBLE STRANDED; DS; ENTEROCOCCUS; G+; G-; GRAM-NEGATIVE; GRAM-POSITIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PG; PLASMID; SINGLE STRANDED; SS; T4S; T4SS; TMD; TMH; TRANS-MEMBRANE DOMAIN; TRANS-MEMBRANE HELIX; TYPE IV SECRETION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; OPERON; PLASMIDS; STREPTOMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84887626226     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.09.005     Document Type: Review

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