… Transformation is a widespread mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. DNA
uptake to the periplasmic compartment requires a DNA-uptake pilus and the DNA-binding …

… in the literature describing DNA binding by … DNA uptake for these three appendage
systems and describe the current mechanistic understanding of both DNA-binding and DNA-uptake …

… assisting in adhesion, as well as protein loops, DNA polysaccharides present in EPS, and
patches of lipoteichoic acid that act as bonds to assist in bacterial adhesion to a surface [2,36]. …

… , DNA uptake, surface sensing and adhesion 2,3 . Consequently, T4P are critical virulence
factors for numerous important human pathogens including Vibrio cholerae, which causes the …

… uptake of the released DNA reinforce our need to better understand the DNA translocation
mechanism across bacterial … by the competence-induced DNA-uptake machinery (Figure 1, …

… in Bacteria and Archaea—the type IV filament (TFF) superfamily—that diversified in systems
involved in flagellar or twitching motility, adhesion, protein secretion, and DNA uptake. The …

… bacterium and host cell and often initiates bacterial uptake by nonphagocytic cells [3]. Another,
even more immediate way to trigger uptake … bacterial physiology, including DNA and RNA …

… uptake as well as the adhesion of various anaerobic bacteria on Ti- and ZrO 2 -implants. …
Furthermore, intranuclear cell uptake of NPs might lead to a higher potential of DNA damage…

… bacterium and host cell and often initiates bacterial uptake by non-phagocytic cells. Another
even more immediate way to trigger uptake by … , competence for DNA uptake, and biofilm …

… of eDNA in MVs of the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus mutans (Liao et al. 2014). MVs
containing DNA increase the efficiency of DNA uptake and genetic recombination, as it has …