A high-resolution view of genome-wide pneumococcal transformation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Croucher, Nicholas J ^a   Harris, Simon R ^a   Barquist, Lars ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Bentley, Stephen D ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84864028194     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002745     Document Type: Article

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