Independent evolution of competence regulatory cascades in streptococci?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 339-345

  Martin, Bernard ^a   Quentin, Yves ^a   Fichant, Gwennaele ^a   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33746271858     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.06.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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