Direct involvement of DprA, the transformation-dedicated RecA loader, in the shut-off of pneumococcal competence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Mirouze, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Bergé, Mathieu A ^a,b   Soulet, Anne Lise ^a,b   Mortier Barrière, Isabelle ^a,b   Quentin, Yves ^a,b   Fichant, Gwennaele ^a,b   Granadel, Chantal ^a,b   Noirot Gros, Marie Françoise ^c   Noirot, Philippe ^c   Polard, Patrice ^a,b   Martin, Bernard ^a,b   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPS   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DPRA GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECA GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REC A RECOMBINASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84875034539     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219868110     Document Type: Article

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