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Diverse conjugative elements silence natural transformation in Legionella species
Natural transformation (i.e., the uptake of DNA and its stable integration in the chromosome) is a major mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. Although the vast majority of bacterial genomes carry the genes involved in natural transformation, close relatives of naturally transformable s...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6744872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31455740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909374116 |