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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2026

Characterization of RcgA and RcgR, two rhizobial proteins involved in the modulation of plasmid transfer.

Lucas G Castellani, María Delfina Cabrera, Abril Luchetti, Juliet F Nilsson, Julieta Pérez-Giménez, Luis Alfredo Bañuelos-Vazquez, Alma Alva, Daniel Wibberg, Tobias Busche, Jörn Kalinowski and 5 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Lucas G Castellani *Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (CCT-La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-4678-7385
María Delfina Cabrera *Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (CCT-La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.ORCID 0009-0007-7320-8864
Abril LuchettiDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (CCT-La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
Juliet F NilssonDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (CCT-La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-4203-5263
Julieta Pérez-GiménezDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (CCT-La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-5979-9596
Luis Alfredo Bañuelos-VazquezDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Alma AlvaDepartamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Daniel WibbergGenome Research of Industrial Microorganisms, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Tobias BuscheGenome Research of Industrial Microorganisms, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9211-8927
Jörn KalinowskiGenome Research of Industrial Microorganisms, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Andreas SchlüterGenome Research of Industrial Microorganisms, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4830-310X
Alfred PühlerGenome Research of Industrial Microorganisms, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Karsten NiehausGenome Research of Industrial Microorganisms, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4078-9870
Mariano PistorioDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (CCT-La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-7931-8721
Gonzalo Torres TejerizoDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (CCT-La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-2508-0292

Funding

Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica PICT2020-02529Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica PICT2021-0153, PICT2020-02314Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas PIP2020-0678Fundacion Williams Project Nº 1045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasmid IMPORTANCE: Plasmid transfer is a central mechanism of gene exchange in bacteria, enabling the spread of traits with ecological and evolutionary relevance.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsGene Transfer, HorizontalPlasmidsRhizobiumConjugation, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, BacterialQuorum SensingBacterial ProteinsconjugationplasmidproteomicsrhizobiaRNAseq

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PMID41738746
PMCPMC13055273

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