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Escherichia coli Competence Gene Homologs Are Essential for Competitive Fitness and the Use of DNA as a Nutrient

Natural genetic competence is the ability of cells to take up extracellular DNA and is an important mechanism for horizontal gene transfer. Another potential benefit of natural competence is that exogenous DNA can serve as a nutrient source for starving bacteria because the ability to “eat” DNA is n...

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Main Authors: Palchevskiy, Vyacheslav, Finkel, Steven E.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: American Society for Microbiology 2006
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1482900/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707682
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01974-05
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