The human pathogen Streptococcus pneumonia shields foreign DNA derived from other bacteria to promote genetic diversity and vaccine evasion
2013-02-15
(Press-News.org) FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: CJ was funded by a grant from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (projet n_ BLAN06-3_141806). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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CITATION: Johnston C, Martin B, Granadel C, Polard P, Claverys J-P (2013) Programmed Protection of Foreign DNA from Restriction Allows Pathogenicity Island
Exchange during Pneumococcal Transformation. PLoS Pathog 9(2): e1003178. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003178
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