The com locus controls genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2481617.x

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The com locus controls genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 1997

Cheng Q, Campbell E A, Naughton A M, Johnson S, Masure H R

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Genetic exchange by natural transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae occurs in a cell-density dependent process and is initiated by a small extracellular signalling molecule, the competence-stimulating peptide (CSP). comC, the gene for this peptide, has previously been identified and encodes a...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Bacterial
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Histidine Kinase
Multienzyme Complexes
Mutation
Protein Kinases
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Transformation, Genetic

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