A unique nine-gene comY operon in Streptococcus mutans.

doi:10.1099/mic.0.27554-0

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A unique nine-gene comY operon in Streptococcus mutans.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 2005

Merritt Justin, Qi Fengxia, Shi Wenyuan

Abstract excerpt

Many Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria possess natural competence mechanisms for DNA capture and internalization. In Bacillus subtilis, natural competence is absolutely dependent upon the presence of a seven-gene operon known as the comG operon (comGA-G). In species of Streptococcus, this function has been described for a four-gene operon (comYA-D in Streptococcus gordonii and cglA-D in Streptococcus...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Genes, Reporter
Luciferases
Mutation
Open Reading Frames
Operon
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Streptococcus mutans
Transformation, Bacterial

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PMID: 15632435
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27554-0

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