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Molecular basis for control of conjugation by bacterial pheromone and inhibitor peptides.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Nov 2006
Kozlowicz Briana K, Shi Ke, Gu Zu-Yi, Ohlendorf Douglas H, Earhart Cathleen A, Dunny Gary M
Abstract excerpt
In many bacteria expression of lateral gene transfer and of virulence factors is controlled by cell-cell signalling systems. Molecular interactions of microbial signal molecules with their cognate receptors are not well understood. For the Enterococcus faecalis conjugative plasmid pCF10, the PrgX protein serves as a molecular switch controlling expression of conjugation and virulence genes encoded by the plasmid....
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