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Regulation of natural genetic transformation and acquisition of transforming DNA in Streptococcus pneumoniae
10 Mar 2009
Abstract excerpt
The ability of pneumococci to take up naked DNA from the environment and permanently incorporate the DNA into their genome by recombination has been exploited as a valuable research tool for 80 years. From being viewed as a marginal phenomenon, it has become increasingly clear that horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation is a powerful mechanism for generating genetic diversity, and that it has the...
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