Natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni requires components of a type II secretion system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5408-5418

  Wiesner, Rebecca S ^a   Hendrixson, David R ^a   DiRita, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOGENESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0042337270     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5408-5418.2003     Document Type: Article

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