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Competence regulation by oxygen in Streptococcus pneumoniae: involvement of ciaRH and comCDE.
Molecular microbiology - 1 May 2000
Echenique J R, Chapuy-Regaud S, Trombe M C
Abstract excerpt
Anaerobic aerotolerant Streptococcus pneumoniae modulates its genetic transformability and its virulence in response to the oxygen concentration. The activity of a single protein encoded by nox and showing NADH oxidase activity is involved in these adaptive responses to O2. Northern blot analysis of wild-type cultures grown under aerobic and microaerobic conditions indicated transcriptional control of comCDE by...
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