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Mating pair formation homologue TraG is a variable membrane protein essential for contact-independent type IV secretion of chromosomal DNA by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2013

Kohler Petra L, Chan Yolande A, Hackett Kathleen T, Turner Nicholas, Hamilton Holly L, Cloud-Hansen Karen A, Dillard Joseph P

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae uses a type IV secretion system (T4SS) to secrete chromosomal DNA into the surrounding milieu. The DNA is effective in transforming gonococci in the population, and this mechanism of DNA donation may contribute to the high degree of genetic diversity in this species. Similar to other F-like T4SSs, the gonococcal T4SS requires a putative membrane protein, TraG, for DNA transfer. In F-plasmid...

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PMID: 23378511
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02098-12
PMCID: PMC3624559

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