DNA Transport across the Outer and Inner Membranes of Naturally Transformable <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content> Is Spatially but Not Temporally Coupled

ABSTRACT The physiological state of natural competence for transformation allows certain bacteria to take up free DNA from the environment and to recombine such newly acquired DNA into their chromosomes. However, even though conserved components that are required to undergo natural transformation ha...

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Main Authors: Patrick Seitz, Melanie Blokesch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01409-14