Midcell Recruitment of the DNA Uptake and Virulence Nuclease, EndA, for Pneumococcal Transformation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Bergé, Matthieu J ^a,b   Kamgoué, Alain ^a,b   Martin, Bernard ^a,b   Polard, Patrice ^a,b   Campo, Nathalie ^a,b   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN ENDA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84884676627     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003596     Document Type: Article

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