comYA, a gene similar to comGA of Bacillus subtilis, is essential for competence-factor-dependent DNA transformation in Streptococcus gordonii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3122-3126

  Lunsford, R Dwayne ^a,b   Roble, Arlene G ^a,c  

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

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c St George's University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA BINDING; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII STR. CHALLIS;

EID: 0030957987     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3122-3126.1997     Document Type: Article

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