IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL COMPETENCE GENE, COMC,REQUIRED FOR DNA-BINDING AND UPTAKE IN ACINETOBACTER SP. STRAIN BD413

Authors
LINK C EICKERNJAGER S PORSTENDORFER D AVERHOFF B
Citation
C. Link et al., IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL COMPETENCE GENE, COMC,REQUIRED FOR DNA-BINDING AND UPTAKE IN ACINETOBACTER SP. STRAIN BD413, Journal of bacteriology, 180(6), 1998, pp. 1592-1595
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
180
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1592 - 1595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1998)180:6<1592:IACOAN>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A gene (comC) essential for natural transformation was identified Acin etobacter sp. strain BD413. ComC has a typical leader sequence and is similar to different type IV pilus assembly factors, A comC mutant (T3 08) is not able to bind or take up DNA but exhibits a piliation phenot ype indistinguishable from the transformation wild type as revealed by electron microscopy.