Transforming DNA uptake gene orthologs do not mediate spontaneous plasmid transformation in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 713-719

  Sun, Dongchang ^a,b   Zhang, Xuewu ^c   Wang, Lingyu ^c   Prudhomme, Marc ^a,b   Xie, Zhixiong ^c   Martin, Bernard ^a,b   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPS   (France)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AGAROSE; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; PLASMID DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; ZINC; EGTAZIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORTHOLOGY; OUTER MEMBRANE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; STIMULATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CALCIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 63449130753     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01130-08     Document Type: Article

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