IGEM:UC Berkeley/2006/Conjugation Research Papers

SIL_07/12/06

A Promising F Conj. Paper.
pdf J Bacteriol. 1991 June; 173(12): 3872–3878.
Characterization of trbC, a new F plasmid tra operon gene that is essential to conjugative transfer
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=208019

JCA_07/12/06 F plasmid complementation papers

pdf Mol Microbiol. 1996 Oct;22(2):197-205
Construction of derivatives of the F plasmid pOX-tra715: characterization of traY and traD mutants that can be complemented in trans
T7 dependent F plasmid with traY and traD complementation

pubmed, full text unavailable Mol Microbiol. 1992 Oct;6(20):2961-73.
Sequence alterations affecting F plasmid transfer gene expression: a conjugation system dependent on transcription by the RNA polymerase of phage T7.
Replacement of major promoter with T7. Paper scanned in on JCA computer.

pubmed, full text unavailable Plasmid. 1991 Jul;26(1):40-54.
Construction and characterization of derivatives carrying insertion mutations in F plasmid transfer region genes, trbA, artA, traQ, and trbB.

pdf J Bacteriol. 2005 Jan;187(2):697-706.
The F-Plasmid TraI Protein Contains Three Functional Domains Required for Conjugative DNA Strand Transfer
traI complementation

pdf J Bacteriol. 1998 Aug;180(16):4036-43.
Genetic analysis of the role of the transfer gene, traN, of the F and R100-1 plasmids in mating pair stabilization during conjugation
traN complementation

pdf J Bacteriol. 1991 Feb;173(3):1012-20.
Deletion analysis of the F plasmid oriT locus
oriT complementation

pdf J Bacteriol. 2000 Jul;182(14):4022-7. Mobilization of Chimeric oriT Plasmids by F and R100-1: Role of Relaxosome Formation in Defining Plasmid Specificity traM complementation, oriT complementation

RP4 complementation papers

pdf Mutational analysis of essential IncP alpha plasmid transfer genes traF and traG and involvement of traF in phage sensitivity
traG complementation

pdf Mutagenesis of the Tra1 core region of RK2 by using Tn5: identification of plasmid-specific transfer genes
traJ and traK complementation

pdf Essential motifs of relaxase (TraI) and TraG proteins involved in conjugative transfer of plasmid RP4
traG and traI complemenation

pdf TraJ protein of plasmid RP4 binds to a 19-base pair invert sequence repetition within the transfer origin
traJ-R binds to the origin, analagous to traM-F