Real-time visualisation of the intracellular dynamics of conjugative plasmid transfer
Conjugation is a contact-dependent mechanism for the transfer of plasmid DNA between bacterial cells. Here, Couturier et al. use live-cell microscopy to visualise the intracellular dynamics of conjugation in real time, revealing a molecular strategy that allows the sequential production of factors i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-01-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35978-3 |