All Seven comG Open Reading Frames Are Required for DNA Binding during Transformation of CompetentBacillus subtilis
1998 ◽
Vol 180
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pp. 41-45
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ABSTRACT The seven proteins encoded by the comG operon ofBacillus subtilis exhibit similarity to gene products required for the assembly of type 4 pili and for the secretion of certain proteins in gram-negative bacteria. Although polar transposon insertions in comG result in the loss of transformability and in the failure of cells grown through the competence regimen to bind DNA, it was not known whether the ComG proteins are all required for competence. We have constructed strains missing each of these proteins individually and found that they are all nontransformable and fail to bind transforming DNA to the cell surface. The implications of these findings are discussed.
2001 ◽
Vol 67
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pp. 1959-1963
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2000 ◽
Vol 68
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pp. 5525-5529
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1998 ◽
Vol 180
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pp. 2110-2117
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1998 ◽
Vol 180
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pp. 2232-2236
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1998 ◽
pp. 249-258
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2002 ◽
Vol 184
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pp. 381-389
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Crystal Structure of F-93 from Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 1, a Winged-Helix DNA Binding Protein
2004 ◽
Vol 78
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pp. 11544-11550
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2008 ◽
Vol 52
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pp. 3580-3588
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