Published in Plasmid on April 10, 2013
Two novel membrane proteins, TcpD and TcpE, are essential for conjugative transfer of pCW3 in Clostridium perfringens. J Bacteriol (2014) 0.76
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The diversity of conjugative relaxases and its application in plasmid classification. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2009) 2.89
Mobility of plasmids. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2010) 2.63
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Increased sensitivity of antigen-experienced T cells through the enrichment of oligomeric T cell receptor complexes. Immunity (2011) 2.23
The repertoire of ICE in prokaryotes underscores the unity, diversity, and ubiquity of conjugation. PLoS Genet (2011) 2.01
Conjugative coupling proteins interact with cognate and heterologous VirB10-like proteins while exhibiting specificity for cognate relaxosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 1.94
Spread of bla(CTX-M-14) is driven mainly by IncK plasmids disseminated among Escherichia coli phylogroups A, B1, and D in Spain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.70
Recognition and processing of the origin of transfer DNA by conjugative relaxase TrwC. Nat Struct Biol (2003) 1.64
Dynamics of the IncW genetic backbone imply general trends in conjugative plasmid evolution. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2006) 1.55
A bacterial conjugation machinery recruited for pathogenesis. Mol Microbiol (2003) 1.45
Ecology and evolution as targets: the need for novel eco-evo drugs and strategies to fight antibiotic resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.40
Toward minimal bacterial cells: evolution vs. design. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2008) 1.32
Breaking and joining single-stranded DNA: the HUH endonuclease superfamily. Nat Rev Microbiol (2013) 1.28
Conjugative plasmid protein TrwB, an integral membrane type IV secretion system coupling protein. Detailed structural features and mapping of the active site cleft. J Biol Chem (2001) 1.28
Unveiling the molecular mechanism of a conjugative relaxase: The structure of TrwC complexed with a 27-mer DNA comprising the recognition hairpin and the cleavage site. J Mol Biol (2006) 1.26
Site-specific recombinase and integrase activities of a conjugative relaxase in recipient cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.25
Transcription modulation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium promoters by sub-MIC levels of rifampin. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.23
The ATPase activity of the DNA transporter TrwB is modulated by protein TrwA: implications for a common assembly mechanism of DNA translocating motors. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.21
Why is entry exclusion an essential feature of conjugative plasmids? Plasmid (2008) 1.19
Four main virotypes among extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing isolates of Escherichia coli O25b:H4-B2-ST131: bacterial, epidemiological, and clinical characteristics. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.17
Evolution of conjugation and type IV secretion systems. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 1.14
Conjugative transfer can be inhibited by blocking relaxase activity within recipient cells with intrabodies. Mol Microbiol (2006) 1.13
A degenerate primer MOB typing (DPMT) method to classify gamma-proteobacterial plasmids in clinical and environmental settings. PLoS One (2012) 1.12
Bacterial conjugation: a potential tool for genomic engineering. Res Microbiol (2005) 1.12
ATPase activity and oligomeric state of TrwK, the VirB4 homologue of the plasmid R388 type IV secretion system. J Bacteriol (2008) 1.09
Functional interactions between type IV secretion systems involved in DNA transfer and virulence. Microbiology (2005) 1.06
Identification of bacterial plasmids based on mobility and plasmid population biology. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2011) 1.05
Analysis of DNA processing reactions in bacterial conjugation by using suicide oligonucleotides. EMBO J (2007) 1.05
Escherichia coli genes affecting recipient ability in plasmid conjugation: are there any? BMC Genomics (2009) 1.04
Unsaturated fatty acids are inhibitors of bacterial conjugation. Microbiology (2005) 1.02
DNA binding properties of protein TrwA, a possible structural variant of the Arc repressor superfamily. Biochim Biophys Acta (2004) 1.02
Structure and role of coupling proteins in conjugal DNA transfer. Res Microbiol (2002) 1.01
The hexameric structure of a conjugative VirB4 protein ATPase provides new insights for a functional and phylogenetic relationship with DNA translocases. J Biol Chem (2012) 1.00
Relaxase DNA binding and cleavage are two distinguishable steps in conjugative DNA processing that involve different sequence elements of the nic site. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.99
A new domain of conjugative relaxase TrwC responsible for efficient oriT-specific recombination on minimal target sequences. Mol Microbiol (2006) 0.96
Plasmid r1 conjugative DNA processing is regulated at the coupling protein interface. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.96
Detection and functional characterization of a 215 amino acid N-terminal extension in the Xanthomonas type III effector XopD. PLoS One (2010) 0.95
TrwB: an F(1)-ATPase-like molecular motor involved in DNA transport during bacterial conjugation. Res Microbiol (2005) 0.94
Regulation of finP transcription by DNA adenine methylation in the virulence plasmid of Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol (2005) 0.94
Improving the lethal effect of cpl-7, a pneumococcal phage lysozyme with broad bactericidal activity, by inverting the net charge of its cell wall-binding module. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.94
The membrane domain of the Na+-motive V-ATPase from Enterococcus hirae contains a heptameric rotor. J Biol Chem (2003) 0.93
In vivo transmission of a plasmid coharbouring bla and qnrB genes between Escherichia coli and Serratia marcescens. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2010) 0.93
Functional dissection of the conjugative coupling protein TrwB. J Bacteriol (2010) 0.93
The stb operon balances the requirements for vegetative stability and conjugative transfer of plasmid R388. PLoS Genet (2011) 0.92
Changing the recognition site of a conjugative relaxase by rational design. Biotechnol J (2009) 0.92
Genetic and biochemical characterization of MbeA, the relaxase involved in plasmid ColE1 conjugative mobilization. Mol Microbiol (2003) 0.91
Different pathways to acquiring resistance genes illustrated by the recent evolution of IncW plasmids. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 0.91
Plasmid typing and genetic context of AmpC β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae lacking inducible chromosomal ampC genes: findings from a Spanish hospital 1999-2007. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 0.91
TrwC-mediated site-specific recombination is controlled by host factors altering local DNA topology. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.90
TrwD, the hexameric traffic ATPase encoded by plasmid R388, induces membrane destabilization and hemifusion of lipid vesicles. J Bacteriol (2002) 0.90
HUH site-specific recombinases for targeted modification of the human genome. Trends Biotechnol (2013) 0.89
Functional interactions of VirB11 traffic ATPases with VirB4 and VirD4 molecular motors in type IV secretion systems. J Bacteriol (2013) 0.89
The calcium-binding C-terminal domain of Escherichia coli alpha-hemolysin is a major determinant in the surface-active properties of the protein. J Biol Chem (2007) 0.89
Distribution of IS91 family insertion sequences in bacterial genomes: evolutionary implications. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (2002) 0.88
The relaxase of the Rhizobium etli symbiotic plasmid shows nic site cis-acting preference. J Bacteriol (2006) 0.88
Analysis of ColE1 MbeC unveils an extended ribbon-helix-helix family of nicking accessory proteins. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.88
Regulation of the type IV secretion ATPase TrwD by magnesium: implications for catalytic mechanism of the secretion ATPase superfamily. J Biol Chem (2012) 0.87
Role for Rhizobium rhizogenes K84 cell envelope polysaccharides in surface interactions. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 0.87
Transfer of R388 derivatives by a pathogenesis-associated type IV secretion system into both bacteria and human cells. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.86
CRISPR-Cas systems preferentially target the leading regions of MOBF conjugative plasmids. RNA Biol (2013) 0.86
Association of composite IS26-sul3 elements with highly transmissible IncI1 plasmids in extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli clones from humans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 0.86
The conjugative DNA translocase TrwB is a structure-specific DNA-binding protein. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.85
Role of the transmembrane domain in the stability of TrwB, an integral protein involved in bacterial conjugation. J Biol Chem (2003) 0.85
Nuclear targeting of a bacterial integrase that mediates site-specific recombination between bacterial and human target sequences. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.85
Autoinhibitory regulation of TrwK, an essential VirB4 ATPase in type IV secretion systems. J Biol Chem (2011) 0.85
Multicellular computing using conjugation for wiring. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Membrane insertion stabilizes the structure of TrwB, the R388 conjugative plasmid coupling protein. Biochim Biophys Acta (2011) 0.84
Interaction between relaxase MbeA and accessory protein MbeC of the conjugally mobilizable plasmid ColE1. FEBS Lett (2012) 0.83
Retracted Microarray studies reveal a 'differential response' to moderate or severe heat shock of the HrcA- and HspR-dependent systems in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Microbiology (2009) 0.83
Catalytic domain of plasmid pAD1 relaxase TraX defines a group of relaxases related to restriction endonucleases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.83
Plasmid segregation without partition. Mob Genet Elements (2011) 0.82
Determination of conjugation rates on solid surfaces. Plasmid (2012) 0.82
Membrane-associated nanomotors for macromolecular transport. Curr Opin Biotechnol (2011) 0.81
The transmembrane domain provides nucleotide binding specificity to the bacterial conjugation protein TrwB. FEBS Lett (2006) 0.81
Site-specific integration of foreign DNA into minimal bacterial and human target sequences mediated by a conjugative relaxase. PLoS One (2012) 0.80
A bacterial TrwC relaxase domain contains a thermally stable alpha-helical core. J Bacteriol (2003) 0.80
Reconstitution in liposome bilayers enhances nucleotide binding affinity and ATP-specificity of TrwB conjugative coupling protein. Biochim Biophys Acta (2010) 0.80
A translocation motif in relaxase TrwC specifically affects recruitment by its conjugative type IV secretion system. J Bacteriol (2013) 0.80
Molecular motors in bacterial secretion. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol (2013) 0.79
Blueprint for a minimal photoautotrophic cell: conserved and variable genes in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. BMC Genomics (2011) 0.79
The transmembrane domain of the T4SS coupling protein TrwB and its role in protein-protein interactions. Biochim Biophys Acta (2013) 0.78
Deletion of a single helix from the transmembrane domain causes large changes in membrane insertion properties and secondary structure of the bacterial conjugation protein TrwB. Biochim Biophys Acta (2012) 0.78
Plasmid conjugation from proteobacteria as evidence for the origin of xenologous genes in cyanobacteria. J Bacteriol (2014) 0.78
Numbers on the edges: a simplified and scalable method for quantifying the gene regulation function. Bioessays (2010) 0.77
Modeling the transmembrane arrangement of the uncoupling protein UCP1 and topological considerations of the nucleotide-binding site. J Bioenerg Biomembr (2002) 0.77
Use of limited proteolysis and mutagenesis to identify folding domains and sequence motifs critical for wax ester synthase/acyl coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.77
Ordering the bestiary of genetic elements transmissible by conjugation. Mob Genet Elements (2013) 0.77
Molecular properties of purified human uncoupling protein 2 refolded from bacterial inclusion bodies. J Bioenerg Biomembr (2003) 0.77
Subcellular location of the coupling protein TrwB and the role of its transmembrane domain. Biochim Biophys Acta (2013) 0.75