Restriction and sequence alterations affect DNA uptake sequence-dependent transformation in neisseria meningitidis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ambur, Ole Herman ^a   Frye, Stephan A ^a,b   Nilsen, Mariann ^a,b   Hovland, Eirik ^a   Tønjum, Tone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA SP.;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84863610046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039742     Document Type: Article

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