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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2000
ORGANISM(S): Legionella pneumophila
SUBMITTER: Xavier Charpentier
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4094 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20160718 31
A highly conserved DNA uptake system allows many bacteria to actively import and integrate exogenous DNA. This process, called natural transformation, represents a major mechanism of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) involved in the acquisition of virulence and antibiotic resistance determinants. Despite evidence of HGT and the high level of conservation of the genes coding the DNA uptake system, most bacterial species appear non-transformable under laboratory conditions. In naturally transformable ...[more]