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Bacterial sex in dental plaque

1 Jan 2013

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Genes are transferred between bacteria in dental plaque by transduction, conjugation, and transformation. Membrane vesicles can also provide a mechanism for horizontal gene transfer. DNA transfer is considered bacterial sex, but the transfer is not parallel to processes that we associate with sex in higher organisms. Several examples of bacterial gene transfer in the oral cavity are given in this review. How...

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PMID: 23741559
DOI: 10.3402/jom.v5i0.20736

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