Uptake signal sequence
Uptake signal sequences (USS) are short DNA sequences preferentially taken up by competent bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae (e.g., Haemophilus influenzae). Similar sequences, called DNA uptake sequences (DUS), are found in species of the family Neisseriaceae (including Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae).[1]
Neisseria meningitidis
genotoxic
stress.
References
External links
- Bakkali, M.; Chen, T.-Y.; Lee, H. C.; Redfield, R. J. (2004). "Evolutionary stability of DNA uptake signal sequences in the Pasteurellaceae". PMID 15070749.
- Bakkali, Mohammed (2007). Fairhead, Cecile (ed.). "Genome Dynamics of Short Oligonucleotides: The Example of Bacterial DNA Uptake Enhancing Sequences". PMID 17710141.
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