Overcoming the barrier of low efficiency during genetic transformation of Streptococcus mitis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Salvadori, Gabriela ^a   Junges, Roger ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^b   Petersen, Fernanda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; CSP; Mutagenesis; Natural transformation; Oral cavity; Pheromone; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOTYPE; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84983070194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01009     Document Type: Article

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