Two novel membrane proteins, TcpD and TcpE, are essential for conjugative transfer of pCW3 in Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 774-781

  Wisniewski, Jessica A ^a   Teng, Wee L ^a   Bannam, Trudi L ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID VECTOR; TCPD PROTEIN; TCPE PROTEIN; TCPJ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84921740743     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02466-14     Document Type: Article

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