Bacterial 'competence' genes: Signatures of active transformation, or only remnants?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 161-165

  Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a   Martin, Bernard ^a  

^a UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0037386681     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00064-7     Document Type: Review

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