Mechanisms of Transforming DNA Uptake to the Periplasm of Bacillus subtilis
Transformation is a widely distributed mechanism of bacterial horizontal gene transfer that plays a role in the spread of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes and more generally in evolution. Although transformation was discovered nearly a century ago and most, if not all the proteins required...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-06-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01061-21 |