Role of dprA in transformation of Campylobacter jejuni

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-168

  Takata, Tohru ^a,d   Ando, Takafumi ^a,e   Israel, Dawn A ^b   Wassenaar, Trudy M ^c   Blaser, Martin J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants   (Germany)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Competence; dprA; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHROMOSOME; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE A; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 26844498424     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.08.052     Document Type: Article

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