A Conserved Class II Type Thioester Domain-Containing Adhesin Is Required for Efficient Conjugation in Bacillus subtilis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Conserved Class II Type Thioester Domain-Containing Adhesin Is Required for Efficient Conjugation in Bacillus subtilis

Published:2021-04-27 Issue:2 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
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Author:

Gago-Córdoba César¹^ORCID,Val-Calvo Jorge¹^ORCID,Abia David¹,Díaz-Talavera Alberto¹,Miguel-Arribas Andrés¹,Aguilar Suárez Rocío²^ORCID,van Dijl Jan Maarten²^ORCID,Wu Ling Juan³^ORCID,Meijer Wilfried J. J.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

2. University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

3. Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Abstract

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has become a serious health care problem. The spread of antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria of the same or different species is often mediated by a process named conjugation, where a donor cell transfers DNA to a recipient cell through a connecting channel.

Funder

Wellcome

National Council of Science and Technology scholarship

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

FEMS

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.00104-21

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