Identification and characterization of novel competence genes comA and exbB involved in natural genetic transformation of Pseudomonas stutzeri

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 451-460

  Graupner, Stefan ^a   Wackernagel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence; DNA translocation; Natural transformation; Pseudomonas stutzeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PROTEIN COMA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MACROMOLECULE; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034986173     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01218-9     Document Type: Article

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