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Natural Competence and the Evolution of DNA Uptake Specificity

Many bacteria are naturally competent, able to actively transport environmental DNA fragments across their cell envelope and into their cytoplasm. Because incoming DNA fragments can recombine with and replace homologous segments of the chromosome, competence provides cells with a potent mechanism of...

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Main Authors: Mell, Joshua Chang, Redfield, Rosemary J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3993363/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24488316
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01293-13
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