DNA uptake specificity of Haemophilus influenzae

DNA binding and uptake by the naturally transformable Gram-negative bacterium Haemophilus influenzae Rd has been studied for over twenty years. It is well characterized that H. influenzae cells preferentially bind and take up DNA from their own species. This preferential uptake is dependent on th...

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Main Author: Poje, Grant Alexander
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10775