Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) translocate DNA and protein substrates across prokaryotic
cell envelopes generally by a mechanism requiring direct contact with a target cell. Three …

Conjugative transfer is an important driver in evolution, enabling bacteria to acquire new
traits (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). During conjugative transfer, DNA translocation across the cell envelopes …

Bacterial conjugation presents the most important means to spread antibiotic resistance and
virulence factors among closely and distantly related bacteria. Conjugative plasmids are the …

Conjugative plasmid transfer is one of the major mechanisms responsible for the spread of
antibiotic resistance and virulence genes. The incompatibility (Inc) 18 group of plasmids is a …

Plasmid pIP501 has a very broad host range for conjugative transfer among a wide variety of
gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative Escherichia coli. Functionality of the pIP501 …

Abstract The Gram-positive pathogen Clostridium perfringens possesses a family of large
conjugative plasmids that is typified by the tetracycline resistance plasmid pCW3. Since …

ABSTRACT pIP501 is a conjugative broad-host-range plasmid frequently present in
nosocomial Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates. We focus here on the …

Conjugative plasmid transfer is the most important means of spreading antibiotic resistance
and virulence genes among bacteria and therefore presents a serious threat to human …

Conjugative transfer of toxin and antibiotic resistance plasmids in C lostridium perfringens is
mediated by the tcp conjugation locus. Surprisingly, neither a relaxase gene nor an origin of …

The DNA‐processing region of the Enterococcus faecalis pheromone‐responsive plasmid
pCF10 is highly similar to that of the otherwise unrelated plasmid pRS01 from Lactococcus …