Article
A positive feedback loop mediated by Sigma X enhances expression of the streptococcal regulator ComR.
Scientific reports - 20 Jul 2017
Khan Rabia, Junges Roger, Åmdal Heidi A, Chen Tsute, Morrison Donald A, Petersen Fernanda C
Abstract excerpt
Natural transformation is used by bacteria to take up DNA from their surroundings and incorporate it into their genomes. Streptococci do so during a transient period of competence, triggered by pheromones that they produce, secrete and sense under conditions influenced by the environment. In Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus suis, and species of the bovis, salivarius and pyogenic groups of streptococci, the...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Codon, Terminator
- DNA Transformation Competence
- DNA, Intergenic
- Feedback, Physiological
- Gene Editing
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Models, Biological