Article
The circadian clock and darkness control natural competence in cyanobacteria.
Nature communications - 3 Apr 2020
Taton Arnaud, Erikson Christian, Yang Yiling, Rubin Benjamin E, Rifkin Scott A, Golden James W, Golden Susan S
Abstract excerpt
The cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus is a model organism for the study of circadian rhythms. It is naturally competent for transformation-that is, it takes up DNA from the environment, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we use a genome-wide screen to identify genes required fo...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Bacterial Proteins
- Circadian Clocks
- Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Darkness
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Gene Transfer, Horizontal
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Seasons
- Synechococcus
- Transcription Factors