… wall or cell membrane disturbance 35 ; nutrient uptake inhibition and electron transport
alteration 36 ; reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation for DNA and proteins damaging, et al. …

… pylori employs a T4SS for DNA uptake, while most other naturally competent bacteria use
other machineries for the same purpose, highlights a general preference of these bacteria for …

… bacterial load in poultry production. Antivirulence compounds against bacterial adhesion to
and… jejuni influences DNA uptake, chicken and mouse colonization, epithelial cell adherence …

… of bacteria with different adhesive properties (80). In changing … , bacteria can adapt rapidly
as the most beneficial adhesion … of DNA-bound type IV competence pili initiates DNA uptake …

… DNA damage repair system that is also pivotal for bacterial … Bacteria are exposed to
DNA-damaging agents and other … biofilm environment generates DNA-damaging factors that …

… pili are specialized in DNA uptake (Vibrio cholerae) and adhesion (Caulobacter crescentus)
… mucus secretion from epithelial cells and bacterial adhesion to mucus strongly affects the …

… bacterial adhesion to host receptors through the bacterial … bacterial gene expression, inhibit
the bacterial DNA damage … increases the sensitivity and uptake capacity of bacteria to other …

… Until recently, the mechanism by which pili mediate DNA uptake was … DNA uptake by
neighboring sister cells may provide a mechanism of maintaining genetic stability within bacterial …

… bacteria are well recognized for their roles in the adhesion to host cells, colonization of
tissues, and establishment of infection. As an ‘anti-adhesive… invasion, and DNA uptake. The …

… bacteria-encoded mode of gene transfer, as it is the process of direct uptake of exogenous
DNA … We also found that the virulence and cell adhesion regulon in Acinetobacter, the TonB …