Uptake of extracellular DNA: Competence induced pili in natural transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae

BioEssays

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 426-435

  Muschiol, Sandra ^a,b   Balaban, Murat ^a,b,c   Normark, Staffan ^a,b   Henriques Normark, Birgitta ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Competence pilus; Pneumococci; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84925080679     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400125     Document Type: Article

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