<italic toggle="yes">Enterococcus faecalis</italic> Sex Pheromone cCF10 Enhances Conjugative Plasmid Transfer <italic toggle="yes">In Vivo</italic>
ABSTRACT Cell-cell communication mediated by peptide pheromones (cCF10 [CF]) is essential for high-frequency plasmid transfer in vitro in Enterococcus faecalis. To examine the role of pheromone signaling in vivo, we established either a CF-producing (CF+) recipient or a recipient producing a biologi...
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Main Authors: | Helmut Hirt, Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance, Melissa J. Karau, Lisa M. Till, Purna C. Kashyap, Robin Patel, Gary M. Dunny |
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Language: | EN |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/29779a36a42d4038882e60116f19ab5c |
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