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The conjugal transfer of resistance plasmids can lead to the dissemination of AMR among bacterial populations.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> To facilitate the analyses of the conjugation-associated genes, transfer related genes associated with key groups of AMR plasmids were identified, extracted from GenBank and used to generate a plasmid transfer gene dataset that is part of the Virulence and Plasmid Transfer Factor Database at FDA, serving as the foundation for computational tools for the comparison of the conjugal transfer genes. To assess the genetic feature of the transfer gene database, genes\/proteins of the same name (e.g., <jats:italic>traI\/<\/jats:italic>TraI) or predicted function (VirD4 ATPase homologs) were compared across the different plasmid types to assess sequence diversity. 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