The Tcp conjugation system of Clostridium perfringens

Plasmid

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-36

  Wisniewski, Jessica A ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Conjugation; Gram positive; Plasmid; Tcp; Toxin; Type 4 secretion system (T4SS)

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; TCPA GENE; TCPB GENE; TCPC GENE; TCPD GENE; TCPE GENE; TCPF GENE; TCPG GENE; TCPH GENE; TCPI GENE; TCPJ GENE; TCPK GENE; TCPM GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANSPOSON; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PLASMIDS; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85014964422     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2017.03.001     Document Type: Review

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