The mating pilus of E. coli pED208 acts as a conduit for ssDNA during horizontal gene transfer

ABSTRACTBacterial conjugation, a process of horizontal gene transfer, plays a key role in promoting the spread of antimicrobial resistance among human pathogens. The mechanism of conjugation involves the development of a conjugative pilus that forms a physical bridge between two bacterial cells and...

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Principais autores:	Leticia Beltrán, Holly Torsilieri, Jonasz B. Patkowski, Jie E. Yang, James Casanova, Tiago R. D. Costa, Elizabeth R. Wright, Edward H. Egelman
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2024-01-01
Series:	mBio
Assuntos:	cryo-EM conjugation pilus horizontal gene transfer
Acceso en liña:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02857-23
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