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Evolution of the Natural Transformation Protein, ComEC, in Bacteria

Natural transformation enables the incorporation of exogenous DNA into host genomes and plays a fundamental role in the evolution of microbial populations. At the center of the natural transformation machinery, the ComEC protein mediates DNA import and serves potential functions in DNA recognition a...

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Autores principales: Pimentel, Zachary T., Zhang, Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30627116
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02980