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DNA Processing and Replication during Plasmid Transfer between Gram-Negative Bacteria

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Bacterial Conjugation

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This chapter concerns the processing and synthesis of plasmid DNA during its transmission between conjugating gram-negative bacteria, focusing on conjugation systems specified by plasmids isolated in or transferred experimentally to enterobacteria. This extensive collection of plasmids can be classified into more than 25 different incompatibility (Inc) groups (34), each of which is generally associated with a distinct conjugation system (158). Only a few of these systems have been investigated at the biochemical and molecular levels, but studies have identified unifying themes as well as an interesting diversity of enzymatic strategies for the conjugative processing of plasmid DNA.

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