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Tracing the Evolution of Competence in Haemophilus influenzae
Natural competence is the genetically encoded ability of some bacteria to take up DNA from the environment. Although most of the incoming DNA is degraded, occasionally intact homologous fragments can recombine with the chromosome, displacing one resident strand. This potential to use DNA as a source...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19516897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005854 |