Co-ordinated bacteriocin production and competence development: A possible mechanism for taking up DNA from neighbouring species

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 392-404

  Kreth, Jens ^a   Merritt, Justin ^a   Shi, Wenyuan ^a,b   Qi, Fengxia ^a  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 22144435935     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04695.x     Document Type: Article

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