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Characterization of the pheromone response of the Enterococcus faecalis conjugative plasmid pCF10: complete sequence and comparative analysis of the transcriptional and phenotypic responses of pCF10-containing cells to pheromone induction.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2005
Hirt Helmut, Manias Dawn A, Bryan Edward M, Klein Joanna R, Marklund Jesper K, Staddon Jack H, Paustian Michael L, Kapur Vivek, Dunny Gary M
Abstract excerpt
The sex pheromone plasmids in Enterococcus faecalis are one of the most efficient conjugative plasmid transfer systems known in bacteria. Plasmid transfer rates can reach or exceed 10(-1) transconjugants per donor in vivo and under laboratory conditions. We report the completion of the DNA sequence of plasmid pCF10 and the analysis of the transcription profile of plasmid genes, relative to conjugative transfer...
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