Competence and natural transformation in vibrios

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-595

  Sun, Yan ^a   Bernardy, Eryn E ^b   Hammer, Brian K ^b   Miyashiro, Tim ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITIN; CRP PROTEIN; CYTR PROTEIN; HAPR PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE; TFOX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL DENSITY; CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENT; FITNESS; GENETIC COMPETENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIONACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIONACEAE;

DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 84881554800     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12307     Document Type: Review

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