Competent but complex communication: The phenomena of pheromone-responsive plasmids

Regulation of Gram-Positive Conjugation

(2019) Verena Kohler et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mechanistic Features of the Enterococcal pCF10 Sex Pheromone Response and the Biology of Enterococcus faecalis in Its Natural Habitat

(2018) Rebecca J. Breuer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Type IV secretion in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria

(2018) Elisabeth Grohmann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Enterococcus faecalis Sex Pheromone cCF10 Enhances Conjugative Plasmid Transfer In Vivo

(2018) Helmut Hirt et al.   mBio

Comparative genomic analysis of the genus Enterococcus

(2017) Zhi Zhong et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Stochasticity in the enterococcal sex pheromone response revealed by quantitative analysis of transcription in single cells

(2017) Rebecca J. Breuer et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mechanisms of peptide sex pheromone regulation of conjugation in Enterococcus faecalis

(2017) Yuqing Chen et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Antagonistic Donor Density Effect Conserved in Multiple Enterococcal Conjugative Plasmids

(2016) Arpan Bandyopadhyay et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Enterococcal Sex Pheromones: Evolutionary Pathways to Complex, Two-Signal Systems

(2016) Gary M. Dunny et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

PrgU: a suppressor of sex pheromone toxicity in E nterococcus faecalis

(2016) Minny Bhatty et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriocin production augments niche competition by enterococci in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract

(2015) Sushma Kommineni et al.   NATURE

The Type I toxin–antitoxin par locus from Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1: RNA regulation by both cis- and trans-acting elements

(2015) Keith E. Weaver   PLASMID

An ABC Transporter Is Required for Secretion of Peptide Sex Pheromones in Enterococcus faecalis

(2014) S. Varahan et al.   mBio

Occurrence, Genetic Diversity, and Persistence of Enterococci in a Lake Superior Watershed

(2013) Qinghong Ran et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The TIKI/TraB/PrgY Family: A Common Protease Fold for Cell Signaling from Bacteria to Metazoa?

(2013) J. Fernando Bazan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

PrgK, a Multidomain Peptidoglycan Hydrolase, Is Essential for Conjugative Transfer of the Pheromone-Responsive Plasmid pCF10

(2013) J. A. Laverde Gomez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Antagonistic self-sensing and mate-sensing signaling controls antibiotic-resistance transfer

(2013) A. Chatterjee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The expanding bacterial type IV secretion lexicon

(2013) Minny Bhatty et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Enterococcus faecalis PrgJ, a VirB4-Like ATPase, Mediates pCF10 Conjugative Transfer through Substrate Binding

(2012) F. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

In Vivo and In Vitro Analyses of Regulation of the Pheromone-Responsive prgQ Promoter by the PrgX Pheromone Receptor Protein

(2012) E. Caserta et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structure and Mode of Peptide Binding of Pheromone Receptor PrgZ

(2012) Ronnie P.-A. Berntsson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Ecology and Evolution as Targets: the Need for Novel Eco-Evo Drugs and Strategies To Fight Antibiotic Resistance

(2011) Fernando Baquero et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Compensating Stereochemical Changes Allow Murein Tripeptide to Be Accommodated in a Conventional Peptide-binding Protein

(2011) Abbas Maqbool et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Lipoproteins of Enterococcus faecalis: bioinformatic identification, expression analysis and relation to virulence

(2011) F. Reffuveille et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Intra- and Interspecies Genomic Transfer of the Enterococcus faecalis Pathogenicity Island

(2011) Jenny A. Laverde Gomez et al.   PLoS One

A multiresistance megaplasmid pLG1 bearing a hylEfm genomic island in hospital Enterococcus faecium isolates

(2010) Jenny A. Laverde Gomez et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Involvement, and dissemination, of the enterococcal small multidrug resistance transporter QacZ in resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds

(2010) Teresa M. Braga et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Host range of enterococcal vanA plasmids among Gram-positive intestinal bacteria

(2010) Guido Werner et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Tn1546 is part of a larger plasmid-encoded genetic unit horizontally disseminated among clonal Enterococcus faecium lineages

(2010) H. Sletvold et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Direct Evidence for Control of the Pheromone-Inducible prgQ Operon of Enterococcus faecalis Plasmid pCF10 by a Countertranscript-Driven Attenuation Mechanism

(2010) C. M. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Genetic Determinant in Streptococcus gordonii Challis Encodes a Peptide with Activity Similar to That of Enterococcal Sex Pheromone cAM373, Which Facilitates Intergeneric DNA Transfer

(2010) M. M. Vickerman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A novel conjugative plasmid from Enterococcus faecalis E99 enhances resistance to ultraviolet radiation

(2010) Phillip S. Coburn et al.   PLASMID

Mechanism of chromosomal transfer of Enterococcus faecalis pathogenicity island, capsule, antimicrobial resistance, and other traits

(2010) J. M. Manson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intrinsic resistance to aminoglycosides in Enterococcus faecium is conferred by the 16S rRNA m5C1404-specific methyltransferase EfmM

(2010) M. Galimand et al.   RNA

Identification and characterization of a family of toxin-antitoxin systems related to the Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1 par addiction module

(2009) K. E. Weaver et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Isolation of VanB-Type Enterococcus faecalis Strains from Nosocomial Infections: First Report of the Isolation and Identification of the Pheromone-Responsive Plasmids pMG2200, Encoding VanB-Type Vancomycin Resistance and a Bac41-Type Bacteriocin, and pMG2201, Encoding Erythromycin Resistance and Cytolysin (Hly/Bac)

(2008) B. Zheng et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Multiple Functional Domains of Enterococcus faecalis Aggregation Substance Asc10 Contribute to Endocarditis Virulence

(2008) O. N. Chuang et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Enterococcus faecalis PcfC, a Spatially Localized Substrate Receptor for Type IV Secretion of the pCF10 Transfer Intermediate

(2008) Y. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cloning and Genetic Analyses of the Bacteriocin 41 Determinant Encoded on the Enterococcus faecalis Pheromone-Responsive Conjugative Plasmid pYI14: a Novel Bacteriocin Complemented by Two Extracellular Components (Lysin and Activator)

(2008) H. Tomita et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Specificity of the TraA–DNA Interaction in the Regulation of the pPD1-Encoded Sex Pheromone Response in Enterococcus faecalis

(2008) Claudia Folli et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A “retrocidal” plasmid in Enterococcus faecalis: Passage and protection

(2008) Susan E. Flannagan et al.   PLASMID

Lipoprotein biogenesis in Gram-positive bacteria: knowing when to hold ‘em, knowing when to fold ‘em

(2008) Matthew I. Hutchings et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY