Natural genetic transformation in Streptococcus gordonii: comX imparts spontaneous competence on strain Wicky

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5831-5835

  Lunsford, R Dwayne ^a,b   London, Jack ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0029818615     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5831-5835.1996     Document Type: Article

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