Natural Genetic Transformation Generates a Population of Merodiploids in Streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Johnston, Calum ^a,b   Caymaris, Stéphanie ^a,b   Zomer, Aldert ^c   Bootsma, Hester J ^c   Prudhomme, Marc ^a,b   Granadel, Chantal ^a,b   Hermans, Peter W M ^c   Polard, Patrice ^a,b   Martin, Bernard ^a,b   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR   (France)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TANDEM DUPLICATION; CROSSING OVER; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIPLOIDY; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84884677083     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003819     Document Type: Article

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