Natural DNA uptake by Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sinha, Sunita ^a   Redfield, Rosemary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PILIN; RECOMBINASE; SXY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; TFOX PROTEIN, HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84859841139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035620     Document Type: Article

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