De Boever E H, Clewell D B
Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Plasmid. 2001 Jan;45(1):57-60. doi: 10.1006/plas.2000.1494.
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.
pAM373是粪肠球菌中的一种接合质粒,它能对肽类性信息素cAM373产生交配反应,金黄色葡萄球菌和戈登链球菌也能产生这种信息素。与其他性信息素诱导型质粒不同,pAM373不会赋予进入排斥表型。