Transformation of environmental Bacillus subtilis isolates by transiently inducing genetic competence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Nijland, Reindert ^a   Burgess, J Grant ^a   Errington, Jeff ^b   Veening, Jan Willem ^b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMK PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77956685123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009724     Document Type: Article

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