The Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responsive plasmid pAM373 does not encode an entry exclusion function.
pAM373 is a conjugative plasmid in Enterococcus faecalis that confers a mating response to the peptide sex pheromone cAM373 which is produced also by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus gordonii. Unlike other sex pheromone-inducible plasmids, pAM373 does not confer an entry exclusion phenotype.
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Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Clewell
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D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010675:Pheromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D010957:Plasmids / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics
D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010675:Pheromones; C100566:sex pheromone cAM373, Staphylococcus aureus