Plasmid-encoded comi inhibits competence in the ancestral 3610 strain of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 4085-4093

  Konkol, Melissa A ^a   Blair, Kris M ^a   Kearns, Daniel B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84883278830     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00696-13     Document Type: Article

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