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Neisseria gonorrhoeae secretes chromosomal DNA via a novel type IV secretion system.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 2005
Hamilton Holly L, Domínguez Nadia M, Schwartz Kevin J, Hackett Kathleen T, Dillard Joseph P
Abstract excerpt
The process of DNA donation for natural transformation of bacteria is poorly understood and has been assumed to involve bacterial cell death. Recently in Neisseria gonorrhoeae we found that mutations in three genes in the gonococcal genetic island (GGI) reduced the ability of a strain to act as a donor in transformation and to release DNA into the culture. To better characterize the GGI and the process of DNA...
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