Metabolic Context of the Competence-Induced Checkpoint for Cell Replication in Streptococcus suis.

Natural genetic transformation is a transient, rapidly progressing energy-consuming process characterized by expression of the transformasome and competence-associated regulatory genes. This transient state is tightly controlled to avoid potentially adverse effects of genetic recombination on genome...

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Main Authors: Edoardo Zaccaria, Jerry M Wells, Peter van Baarlen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4858297?pdf=render