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The Plasmid Mobilome of the Model Plant-Symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti: Coming up with New Questions and Answers [PDF]
, 2014 Rhizobia are Gram-negative Alpha- andBetaproteobacteria living in the underground that have theability to associate with legumes for the establishment ofnitrogen-fixing symbioses.Sinorhizobium melilotiinparticular—the symbiont ofMedicago,Melilotus ...
Lagares, Antonio +2 more
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Intracellular Delivery of DNA and Protein by a Novel Cell-Permeable Peptide Derived from DOT1L
Biomolecules, 2020 Cellular uptake and intracellular release efficiency of biomacromolecules is low because of hurdles in the cell membrane that result in limited access to intra-cellular targets with few functional effects.
Jingping Geng +6 more
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Real‐time assay of ribonucleotide reductase activity with a fluorescent RNA aptamer
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Ribonucleotide reductases (RNR) synthesize DNA building blocks de novo, making them crucial in DNA replication and drug targeting. FLARE introduces the first single‐tube real‐time coupled RNR assay, which enables isothermal tracking of RNR activity at nanomolar enzyme levels and allows the reconstruction of allosteric regulatory patterns and rapid ...
Jacopo De Capitani +4 more
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Structure of a translocation signal domain mediating conjugative transfer by Type IV secretion systems [PDF]
, 2013 Relaxases are proteins responsible for the transfer of plasmid and chromosomal DNA from one bacterium to another during conjugation. They covalently react with a specific phosphodiester bond within DNA origin of transfer sequences, forming a nucleo ...
Gruber, C.J. +7 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays a significant role in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Most reported compounds promote HGT by increasing the cell membrane permeability.
Xia Xiao +4 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Multidrug transporters BpeB and BpeF from the Gram‐negative pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei have a hydrophilic patch in their substrate‐binding pocket. Drug susceptibility tests and growth curve analyses using an Escherichia coli recombinant expression system revealed that the hydrophilic patches of BpeB and BpeF are involved in the substrate ...
Ui Okada, Satoshi Murakami
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Evolutionary dynamics of insertion sequences in relation to the evolutionary histories of the chromosome and symbiotic plasmid genes of Rhizobium etli populations [PDF]
, 2010 Insertion sequences (IS) are mobile genetic elements that are distributed in many prokaryotes. In particular, in the genomes of the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria collectively known as rhizobia, IS are fairly abundant in plasmids or chromosomal ...
Bustos, Patricia +7 more
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Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang +9 more
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The evolution of plasmid-carried antibiotic resistance
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 Background Antibiotic resistance represents a significant public health problem. When resistance genes are mobile, being carried on plasmids or phages, their spread can be greatly accelerated.
Rankin Daniel J, Svara Fabian
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mSystems, 2020 The rapid horizontal transmission of antibiotic resistance genes on conjugative plasmids between bacterial host cells is a major cause of the accelerating antibiotic resistance crisis.
Hanna Alalam +14 more
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