Gene transfer: conjugation.

Thibault G Sana , Aurélie Laubier (1) , Sophie Bleves (1)

1 LISM - Laboratoire d'ingénierie des systèmes macromoléculaires

Conjugation is a gene transfer process in which a recipient bacterium receives DNA from a donor bacterium by cell-to-cell contact through conjugative pili. Conjugation is mediated by certain plasmids or transposons. Here, we describe plasmid conjugation.

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

Thibault G Sana, Aurélie Laubier, Sophie Bleves. Gene transfer: conjugation.. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2014, 1149, pp.17--22. ⟨10.1007/978-1-4939-0473-0_3⟩. ⟨hal-01458210⟩