Natural Competence Is a Major Mechanism for Horizontal DNA Transfer in the Oral Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a Gram-negative anaerobe that resides exclusively in the human oral cavity. Long-term colonization by P. gingivalis requires the bacteria to evade host immune responses while adapting to the changing host physiology and alterations in the composition of the oral microflor...

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Autores principales: Tribble, Gena D., Rigney, Todd W., Dao, Doan-Hieu V., Wong, Cindy T., Kerr, Jennifer E., Taylor, Brendan E., Pacha, Sara, Kaplan, Heidi B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22294679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00231-11

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22294679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00231-11

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