Type IV pili-related natural transformation systems: DNA transport in mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 385-393

  Averhoff, Beate ^a   Friedrich, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence proteins; Natural transformation; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NAKED DNA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FLOW; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0346364909     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0616-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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