SOS-Inducing Drugs Trigger Nucleic Acid Release and Biofilm Formation in Gram-Negative Bacteria

Our laboratory recently reported that induction of the SOS response, triggered by SOS-inducing drugs, was accompanied by a large release of DNA from enteric bacteria. The SOS response release had not previously been reported to include release of extracellular DNA from bacterial cells. We followed u...

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Main Authors: Peter Demjanenko, Sam Zheng, John K. Crane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Biomolecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/14/3/321