Transformation, Bacterial

Molecular Pathogenesis
The Streptococcus mutans Serine/Threonine Kinase, PknB, Regulates Competence Development, Bacteriocin Production, and Cell Wall Metabolism
Liliana Danusia Banu, Georg Conrads, Hubert Rehrauer, Haitham Hussain, Elaine Allan, Jan R. van der Ploeg
Bacterial Infections
Infectivity of the Highly Transformable BBE02⁻ lp56⁻ Mutant of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Spirochete, via Ticks
Mary B. Jacobs, Steven J. Norris, Kathrine M. Phillippi-Falkenstein, Mario T. Philipp
Molecular Pathogenesis
Multilevel Control of Competence Development and Stress Tolerance in Streptococcus mutans UA159
Sang-Joon Ahn, Zezhang T. Wen, Robert A. Burne
Molecular Pathogenesis
Exchange of Lipooligosaccharide Synthesis Genes Creates Potential Guillain-Barré Syndrome-Inducible Strains of Campylobacter jejuni
Vongsavanh Phongsisay, Viraj N. Perera, Benjamin N. Fry
Molecular Pathogenesis
Expression of Type IV Pili by Moraxella catarrhalis Is Essential for Natural Competence and Is Affected by Iron Limitation
Nicole R. Luke, Amy J. Howlett, Jianqiang Shao, Anthony A. Campagnari
Molecular Pathogenesis
Protein Serine/Threonine Kinase StkP Positively Controls Virulence and Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Jose Echenique, Aras Kadioglu, Susana Romao, Peter W. Andrew, Marie-Claude Trombe
Molecular Pathogenesis
Low-Level Pilin Expression Allows for Substantial DNA Transformation Competence in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Cynthia D. Long, Deborah M. Tobiason, Matthew P. Lazio, Kimberly A. Kline, H. Steven Seifert
Bacterial Infections
Visualizing Pneumococcal Infections in the Lungs of Live Mice Using Bioluminescent Streptococcus pneumoniaeTransformed with a Novel Gram-Positive luxTransposon
Kevin P. Francis, Jun Yu, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Danny Joh, Matthew J. Hawkinson, Grace Xiao, Tony F. Purchio, Michael G. Caparon, Marc Lipsitch, Pamela R. Contag
Molecular Pathogenesis
Study of Staphylococcus aureusPathogenic Genes by Transfer and Expression in the Less Virulent Organism Streptococcus gordonii
P. Stutzmann Meier, J. M. Entenza, P. Vaudaux, P. Francioli, M. P. Glauser, P. Moreillon
Bacterial Infections
Green Fluorescent Protein as a Marker inRickettsia typhi Transformation
Jill Michelle Troyer, Suzana Radulovic, Abdu F. Azad