Mating pair formation homologue TraG is a variable membrane protein essential for contact-independent type IV secretion of chromosomal DNA by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

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Published in J Bacteriol on February 01, 2013

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Petra L Kohler1, Yolande A Chan, Kathleen T Hackett, Nicholas Turner, Holly L Hamilton, Karen A Cloud-Hansen, Joseph P Dillard

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1: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.

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