Pull in and Push Out: Mechanisms of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteria

Stress-induced, highly efficient, donor cell-dependent cell-to-cell natural transformation in Bacillus subtilis

(2018) Xiaoming Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Conserved Metal Binding Motif in the Bacillus subtilis Competence Protein ComFA Enhances Transformation

(2017) Scott S. Chilton et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

DprA from Neisseria meningitidis: properties and role in natural competence for transformation

(2017) Eirik Hovland et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Bacterial transformation: ComFA is a DNA-dependent ATPase that forms complexes with ComFC and DprA

(2017) Amy Diallo et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria

(2017) Jan-Willem Veening et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Integrative and conjugative elements and their hosts: composition, distribution and organization

(2017) Jean Cury et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bacillus subtilis RecA with DprA–SsbA antagonizes RecX function during natural transformation

(2017) Shimin Le et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The role of core and accessory type IV pilus genes in natural transformation and twitching motility in the bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi

(2017) Colleen G. Leong et al.   PLoS One

Occurrence and Genomic Characterization of ESBL-Producing, MCR-1-Harboring Escherichia coli in Farming Soil

(2017) Beiwen Zheng et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Natural Escherichia coli strains undergo cell-to-cell plasmid transformation

(2016) Akiko Matsumoto et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Two different routes for double-stranded DNA transfer in natural and artificial transformation of Escherichia coli

(2016) Dongchang Sun   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Early emergence of mcr-1 in Escherichia coli from food-producing animals

(2016) Zhangqi Shen et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study

(2016) Yi-Yun Liu et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

DprA is required for natural transformation and affects pilin variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

(2016) Paul M. Duffin et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Potential DNA binding and nuclease functions of ComEC domains characterizedin silico

(2016) James A. Baker et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance in Microbial Ecosystems through Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2016) Christian J. H. von Wintersdorff et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs): What They Do and How They Work

(2015) Christopher M. Johnson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

TheThermus thermophilus comEA/comECoperon is associated with DNA binding and regulation of the DNA translocator and type IV pili

(2015) Ralf Salzer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Positive Effect of Carbon Sources on Natural Transformation in Escherichia coli: Role of Low-Level Cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP Receptor Protein in the Derepression ofrpoS

(2015) Mengyue Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structural biology of the Gram-negative bacterial conjugation systems

(2015) Aravindan Ilangovan et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Towards an integrated model of bacterial conjugation

(2014) Elena Cabezón et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Detection of NDM-1 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter junii in environmental samples from livestock farms

(2014) Bing Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Roles ofBacillus subtilisDprA and SsbA in RecA-mediated Genetic Recombination

(2014) Tribhuwan Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control

(2014) Calum Johnston et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

ComEA Is Essential for the Transfer of External DNA into the Periplasm in Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Cells

(2014) Patrick Seitz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Type IV Pilus Biogenesis, Twitching Motility, and DNA Uptake in Thermus thermophilus: Discrete Roles of Antagonistic ATPases PilF, PilT1, and PilT2

(2013) Ralf Salzer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacillus subtilisDprA Recruits RecA onto Single-stranded DNA and Mediates Annealing of Complementary Strands Coated by SsbB and SsbA

(2013) Tribhuwan Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Transporter Classification Database

(2013) Milton H. Saier et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Helicobacter pylori DprA alleviates restriction barrier for incoming DNA

(2013) Gajendradhar R. Dwivedi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Conjugative type IV secretion systems in Gram-positive bacteria

(2013) Nikolaus Goessweiner-Mohr et al.   PLASMID

Block and Boost DNA Transfer: Opposite Roles of OmpA in Natural and Artificial Transformation of Escherichia coli

(2013) Dongchang Sun et al.   PLoS One

A Type IV Pilus Mediates DNA Binding during Natural Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Raphaël Laurenceau et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Genome-wide screen for Escherichia coli genes involved in repressing cell-to-cell transfer of non-conjugative plasmids

(2012) Ayako Matsuda et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Genome-wide screening of Escherichia coli genes involved in execution and promotion of cell-to-cell transfer of non-conjugative plasmids: rodZ (yfgA) is essential for plasmid acceptance in recipient cells

(2012) Naomi Kurono et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Seventeen Sxy-Dependent Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein Site-Regulated Genes Are Needed for Natural Transformation in Haemophilus influenzae

(2012) S. Sinha et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Role of ComEA in DNA uptake during transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis

(2012) Masaomi Takeno et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

RpoS Regulates a Novel Type of Plasmid DNA Transfer in Escherichia coli

(2012) Yanmei Zhang et al.   PLoS One

The Shared Antibiotic Resistome of Soil Bacteria and Human Pathogens

(2012) K. J. Forsberg et al.   SCIENCE

Identification of a novel DNA element that promotes cell-to-cell transformation inEscherichia coli

(2011) Rina Sobue et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Structure and Function of PilQ, a Secretin of the DNA Transporter from the Thermophilic BacteriumThermus thermophilusHB27

(2011) Janin Burkhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Role of ComFA in controlling the DNA uptake rate during transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis

(2011) Masaomi Takeno et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

ICEberg: a web-based resource for integrative and conjugative elements found in Bacteria

(2011) Dexi Bi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Cell-to-Cell Transformation in Escherichia coli: A Novel Type of Natural Transformation Involving Cell-Derived DNA and a Putative Promoting Pheromone

(2011) Rika Etchuuya et al.   PLoS One

Integrative and conjugative elements: mosaic mobile genetic elements enabling dynamic lateral gene flow

(2010) Rachel A. F. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Membrane-associated DNA Transport Machines

(2010) B. Burton et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Characterization of a New Metallo- -Lactamase Gene, blaNDM-1, and a Novel Erythromycin Esterase Gene Carried on a Unique Genetic Structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 14 from India

(2009) D. Yong et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate Synthase from the Periplasm of Escherichiacoli

(2008) Dongsheng Dai et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Transforming DNA Uptake Gene Orthologs Do Not Mediate Spontaneous Plasmid Transformation inEscherichia coli

(2008) Dongchang Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY