Article
Competence for natural transformation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: components of DNA binding and uptake linked to type IV pilus expression.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
Aas Finn Erik, Wolfgang Matthew, Frye Stephan, Dunham Steven, Løvold Cecilia, Koomey Michael
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms by which DNA is taken up into the bacterial cell during natural genetic transformation are poorly understood. Although related components essential to the uptake of DNA during transformation have been defined in Gram-negative species, it remains unclear whether DNA binding and uptake are dissociable events. Therefore, DNA uptake has been the earliest definable step in any Gram-negative...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases
- Bacterial Proteins
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Molecular Motor Proteins
- Mutation
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Transferases
- Transformation, Bacterial