Competence in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Streptococcus pneumoniae</named-content> Is Regulated by the Rate of Ribosomal Decoding Errors

ABSTRACT Competence for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae develops in response to accumulation of a secreted peptide pheromone and was one of the initial examples of bacterial quorum sensing. Activation of this signaling system induces not only expression of the proteins required fo...

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Main Authors: Kathleen E. Stevens, Diana Chang, Erin E. Zwack, Michael E. Sebert
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2dfc9b2d5e9c42e09be8d857f8539922
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