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Here, we present a protocol to knockout a gene of interest involved in plasmid conjugation and subsequently analyze the impact of its absence using mating assays. The function of the gene is further explored to a specific region of its sequence using deletion or point mutations.
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Erdogan, F., Lento, C., Yaseen, A., Nowroozi-Dayeni, R., Kheyson, S., Audette, G. F. Conjugative Mating Assays for Sequence-specific Analysis of Transfer Proteins Involved in Bacterial Conjugation. J. Vis. Exp. (119), e54854, doi:10.3791/54854 (2017).
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