Towards an integrated model of bacterial conjugation

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-95

  Cabezón, Elena ^a   Ripoll Rozada, Jorge ^a,b   Peña, Alejandro ^a,c   de la Cruz, Fernando ^a   Arechaga, Ignacio ^a  

^a University of Cantabria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial conjugation; Horizontal gene transfer; Macromolecular assemblies; Pilus biogenesis; Secretion systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB11 PROTEIN; VIRB4 PROTEIN; VIRD4 PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOGENESIS; INNER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84932107470     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12085     Document Type: Review

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