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2014-03-21Zeitschriftenartikel

The type IV secretion protein TraK from the Enterococcus conjugative plasmid pIP501 exhibits a novel fold

Goessweiner-Mohr, Nikolaus; Fercher, Christian; Arends, Karsten; Gruenberger, Ruth Birner-; Gomez, Diana Laverde-; Huebner, Johannes; Grohmann, Elisabeth; Keller, Walter

Conjugative plasmid transfer presents a serious threat to human health as the most important means of spreading antibiotic resistance and virulence genes among bacteria. The required direct cell-cell contact is established ...
2016-04-22Zeitschriftenartikel

VirB8-like protein TraH is crucial for DNA transfer in Enterococcus faecalis

Fercher, Christian; Probst, Ines; Kohler, Verena; Goessweiner-Mohr, Nikolaus; Arends, Karsten; Grohmann, Elisabeth; Zangger, Klaus; Meyer, N. Helge; Keller, Walter

Untreatable bacterial infections caused by a perpetual increase of antibiotic resistant strains represent a serious threat to human healthcare in the 21st century. Conjugative DNA transfer is the most important mechanism ...