The Type IV Pilus of Plasmid TP114 Displays Adhesins Conferring Conjugation Specificity and Is Important for DNA Transfer in the Mouse Gut Microbiota

The Type IV Pilus of Plasmid TP114 Displays Adhesins Conferring Conjugation Specificity and Is Important for DNA Transfer in the Mouse Gut Microbiota

ABSTRACT Type IV pili (T4P) are common bacterial surface appendages involved in different biological processes such as adherence, motility, competence, pathogenesis, and conjugation. In this work, we describe the T4P of TP114, an IncI2 enterobacterial conjugative plasmid recently shown to disseminat...

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Main Authors: Nancy Allard, Kevin Neil, Frédéric Grenier, Sébastien Rodrigue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
conjugative plasmid
type IV pilus
shufflon
microbiota
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02303-21

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02303-21

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