The cell pole: the site of cross talk between the DNA uptake and genetic recombination machinery

D Kidane, S Ayora, JB Sweasy… - Critical reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Natural transformation is a programmed mechanism characterized by binding of free double-
stranded (ds) DNA from the environment to the cell pole in rod-shaped bacteria. In Bacillus …

Recombination, repair and replication in the pathogenic Neisseriae: the 3 R′s of molecular genetics of two human‐specific bacterial pathogens

KA Kline, EV Sechman, EP Skaar… - Molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the detailed mechanisms that have been established for the molecular biological
processes that mediate recombination, repair and replication of DNA have come from …

Insertionally inactivated and inducible recA alleles for use in Neisseria

HS Seifert - Gene, 1997 - Elsevier
Two classes of recA mutations have been constructed for use in Neisseria gonorrhoeae:
three insertionally inactivated (knockout') mutations and three LacI-regulatable constructs …

Use of a non-selective transformation technique to construct a multiply restriction/modification-deficient mutant ofNeisseria gonorrhoeae

JS Gunn, DC Stein - Molecular and General Genetics MGG, 1996 - Springer
A technique that allows for easy identification of transformants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in
the absence of selective pressure has been developed. A suicide vector that contains a …

Gene transfer among bacteria in natural environments

X Yin, G Stotzky - Advances in Applied Microbiology, 1997 - Elsevier
Griffith (1928) was the first to observe gene transfer among bacteria (Streptococcus
pneumoniae), although he did not understand the mechanisms involved in this transfer (ie …

A genetic screen identifies genes and sites involved in pilin antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

EV Sechman, MS Rohrer, HS Seifert - Molecular microbiology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
It has previously been shown that the frequency of pilin antigenic variation in Neisseria
gonorrhoeae (the gonococcus, Gc) is regulated by iron availability. To identify factors …

Characterization of a gyrB mutation responsible for low-level nalidixic acid resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

DC Stein, RJ Danaher, TM Cook - Antimicrobial agents and …, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nalidixic acid-resistant derivatives of Neisseria gonorrhoeae WR302 were identified and
categorized into two classes on the basis of their susceptibilities to this antimicrobial agent …

[HTML][HTML] The Gonococcal Genetic Island and Type IV Secretion in the Pathogenic Neisseria

ME Ramsey, KL Woodhams, JP Dillard - Frontiers in microbiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Eighty percent of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains and some Neisseria meningitidis strains
encode a 57-kb gonococcal genetic island (GGI). The GGI was horizontally acquired and is …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Metalloprotease NGO1686 Is Required for Full Piliation, and Piliation Is Required for Resistance to H2O2- and Neutrophil-Mediated Killing

EA Stohl, EM Dale, AK Criss, HS Seifert - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
The sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea is caused exclusively by the human-specific
pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Type IV pili are an essential virulence factor uniformly …

Genome Analysis and Strain Comparison of Correia Repeats and Correia Repeat-Enclosed Elements in Pathogenic Neisseria

SV Liu, NJ Saunders, A Jeffries, RF Rest - Journal of bacteriology, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Whole genome sequences of Neisseria meningitidis strains Z2491 and MC58 and Neisseria
gonorrhoeae FA1090 were analyzed for Correia repeats (CR) and CR-enclosed elements …