[HTML][HTML] Could DNA uptake be a side effect of bacterial adhesion and twitching motility?

M Bakkali - Archives of Microbiology, 2013 - Springer
DNA acquisition promotes the spread of resistance to antibiotics and virulence among
bacteria. It is also linked to several natural phenomena including recombination, genome …

Two steps away from novelty–principles of bacterial DNA uptake

NJ Krüger, K Stingl - Molecular microbiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Transport of DNA across bacterial membranes during natural transformation is a fascinating
and elaborate process. It requires the functional integrity of huge multi‐protein complexes …

Mechanisms of DNA uptake by naturally competent bacteria

D Dubnau, M Blokesch - Annual review of genetics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control

C Johnston, B Martin, G Fichant, P Polard… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Natural bacterial transformation involves the internalization and chromosomal integration of
DNA and has now been documented in∼ 80 species. Recent advances have established …

Uptake and processing of DNA by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–a review

R Palmen, KJ Hellingwerf - Gene, 1997 - Elsevier
In natural transformation, DNA in the form of macromolecular fragments can be translocated
across the cell envelope of prokaryotic microorganisms. During the past two decades …

The ins and outs of DNA transfer in bacteria

I Chen, PJ Christie, D Dubnau - Science, 2005 - science.org
Transformation and conjugation permit the passage of DNA through the bacterial
membranes and represent dominant modes for the transfer of genetic information between …

Bacterial conjugation: a two‐step mechanism for DNA transport

M Llosa, FX Gomis‐Rüth, M Coll… - Molecular …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial conjugation is a promiscuous DNA transport mechanism. Conjugative plasmids
transfer themselves between most bacteria, thus being one of the main causal agents of the …

Bacterial DNA uptake sequences can accumulate by molecular drive alone

H Maughan, LA Wilson, RJ Redfield - Genetics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Uptake signal sequences are DNA motifs that promote DNA uptake by competent bacteria in
the family Pasteurellaceae and the genus Neisseria. The genomes of these bacteria contain …

Strategies to block bacterial pathogenesis by interference with motility and chemotaxis

M Erhardt - How to overcome the antibiotic crisis: facts, challenges …, 2016 - Springer
Infections by motile, pathogenic bacteria, such as Campylobacter species, Clostridium
species, Escherichia coli, Helicobacter pylori, Listeria monocytogenes, Neisseria …

[HTML][HTML] Silently transformable: the many ways bacteria conceal their built-in capacity of genetic exchange

L Attaiech, X Charpentier - Current Genetics, 2017 - Springer
Bacteria can undergo genetic transformation by actively integrating genetic information from
phylogenetically related or unrelated organisms. The original function of natural …