Article
Role of the pheromone-inducible surface protein Asc10 in mating aggregate formation and conjugal transfer of the Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pCF10.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 1991
Olmsted S B, Kao S M, van Putte L J, Gallo J C, Dunny G M
Abstract excerpt
The high transfer frequency of pheromone-inducible conjugative plasmids of Enterococcus faecalis in liquid culture is due in part to the formation of mating aggregates. These aggregates result from the interaction of two surface components, aggregation substance (AS), which is plasmid encoded, an...
Topics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigen-Antibody Complex
- Bacterial Proteins
- Conjugation, Genetic
- Crosses, Genetic
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Genotype
- Membrane Proteins
- Models, Biological
- Pheromones
- Plasmids