Identification and characterization of a novel competence gene, comC, required for DNA binding and uptake in Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413.

ABSTRACT: A gene (comC) essential for natural transformation was identified in Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413. ComC has a typical leader sequence and is similar to different type IV pilus assembly factors. A comC mutant (T308) is not able to bind or take up DNA but exhibits a piliation phenotype indistinguishable from the transformation wild type as revealed by electron microscopy.

SUBMITTER: Link C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC107065 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature