Competence-specific induction of recA is required for full recombination proficiency during transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-170

  Mortier Barrière, Isabelle ^a   De Saizieu, Antoine ^b   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a   Martin, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYMES; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031962031     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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