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Genome-wide screen for Escherichia coli genes involved in repressing cell-to-cell transfer of non-conjugative plasmids.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 30 Nov 2012
Matsuda Ayako, Kurono Naomi, Kawano Chinatsu, Shirota Kozue, Hirabayashi Akiko, Horino Mutsumi, Etchuya Rika, Sobue Rina, Sasaki Yumi, Miyaue Saki, Sekoguchi Ayuka, Sugiura Chiaki, Shibata Yuka, Ito Miki, Ando Tsuyako, Maeda Sumio
Abstract excerpt
Acquiring new genetic traits by lateral gene transfer is a bacterial strategy for environment adaptation. We previously showed that Escherichia coli could laterally transmit non-conjugative plasmids in co-cultures containing strains with and without the plasmid. In this study, using the Keio collection, a comprehensive library of E. coli knock-out mutants for non-essential genes, we screened for genes responsible...
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