A segment of a plasmid gene required for conjugal transfer encodes a site-specific, single-strand DNA endonuclease and ligase.

Míreanna Comhchosúla

• Specific binding of MobA, a plasmid-encoded protein involved in the initiation and termination of conjugal DNA transfer, to single-stranded oriT DNA.
  le: Bhattacharjee, M K, et al.
  Foilsithe: (1993)
• Mechanisms of Strand Replacement Synthesis for Plasmid DNA Transferred by Conjugation
  le: Parker, Christopher, et al.
  Foilsithe: (2005)
• Identification and characterization of the origin of conjugative transfer (oriT) and a gene (nes) encoding a single-stranded endonuclease on the staphylococcal plasmid pGO1.
  le: Climo, M W, et al.
  Foilsithe: (1996)
• Role of the origin of transfer in termination of strand transfer during bacterial conjugation.
  le: Bhattacharjee, M, et al.
  Foilsithe: (1992)
• Site-specific recombination at oriT of plasmid R1162 in the absence of conjugative transfer.
  le: Meyer, R
  Foilsithe: (1989)