Genes encoding conserved hypothetical proteins localized in the conjugative transfer region of plasmid pRet42a from Rhizobium etli CFN42 participate in modulating transfer and affect conjugation from different donors

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  López Fuentes, Eunice ^a,b   Torres Tejerizo, Gonzalo ^a,c   Cervantes, Laura ^a   Brom, Susana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Hypothetical proteins; Quorum sensing; Rhizobia; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 84920650955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00793     Document Type: Article

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