Team:TUDelft/Conjugation References

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References

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[2]. Pansegrau, W., E. Lanka, P. T. Barth, D. H. Figurski, D. G. Guiney, D. Haas, D. R. Helinski, H. Schwab, V. A. Stanisich, and C. M. Thomas. 1995. Complete nucleotide sequence of Birmingham IncP alpha plasmids. Compilation and comparative analysis. J. Mol. Biol. 239:623-663.

[3]. Frost, L., K. Ippen-Ihler, and M. Skurray. 1995. Analysis of the sequence and gene products of the transfer region of the F sex factor. Microbiol. Rev. 58:162-210.

[4]. Plasmid Biology. Barbara E. Funnell and Gregory J. Phillips, eds. American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington, DC, 2004. Chapter 9.ISBN 1555812651

[5]. Garcillán-Barcia MP, de la Cruz F. Why is entry exclusion an essential feature of conjugative plasmids? 2008;60:1–18. doi: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2008.03.002.

[6]. Ou, J. T. 1980. Role of surface exclusion genes in lethal zygosis in Escherichia coli K12 mating. Molecular and General Genetics 178:573–581.

[7]. Haase, J., Kalkum, M. & Lanka, E., 1996. TrbK, a small cytoplasmic membrane lipoprotein, functions in entry exclusion of the IncP alpha plasmid RP4. J. Bacteriol. 178, 6720–6729.

[8]. Haase J, Lurz R, Grahn A M, Bamford D H, Lanka E., 1995. Bacterial conjugation mediated by plasmid RP4: RSF1010 mobilization, donor-specific phage propagation, and pilus production require the same Tra2 core components of a proposed DNA transport complex. J Bacteriol. 177:4779–4791.

[9]. Li, P. L., Hwang, I., Miyagi, H., True, H., Farrand, S. K., 1999. Essential components of the Ti plasmid trb system, a type IV macromolecular transporter. J. Bacteriol. 181:5033-5041.