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Fine-tuning cellular levels of DprA ensures transformant fitness in the human pathogen <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>

2018-05-04

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Natural genetic transformation is a widespread mechanism of bacterial horizontal gene transfer. Transformation involves the internalization of exogenous DNA as single strands, followed by chromosomal integration via homologous recombination, promoting acquisition of new genetic traits. Transformation occurs during a distinct physiological state called competence, during which all proteins required to transform are...

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Literature Corpus work: f702935d-776a-5d33-af4b-596cbd78c6f0
DOI: 10.1101/314575

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