An epigenetic switch activates bacterial quorum sensing and horizontal transfer of an integrative and conjugative element
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DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1217
Abstract: Abstract Horizontal transfer of the integrative and conjugative element ICEMlSymR7A converts non-symbiotic Mesorhizobium spp. into nitrogen-fixing legume symbionts. Here, we discover subpopulations of Mesorhizobium japonicum R7A become epigenetically primed for quorum-sensing (QS) and QS-activated horizontal… read more here.
Keywords: r7a; horizontal transfer; integrative conjugative; state ... See more keywords