ReviewApplied and environmental microbiology2012
Properties and biological role of streptococcal fratricins.
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- Strain Dependent Genetic Networks for Antibiotic-Sensitivity in a Bacterial Pathogen with a Large Pan-Genome.PLoS pathogens · 2016Article
- Temporal Regulation of the Transformasome and Competence Development inFrontiers in microbiology · 2016Article
- The Alternative Sigma Factor SigX Controls Bacteriocin Synthesis and Competence, the Two Quorum Sensing Regulated Traits in Streptococcus mutans.PLoS genetics · 2015Article
- Modeling of the ComRS Signaling Pathway Reveals the Limiting Factors Controlling Competence in Streptococcus thermophilus.Frontiers in microbiology · 2015Article
- Cross-feeding and interkingdom communication in dual-species biofilms of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans.The ISME journal · 2014Article
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Abstract
Competence for natural genetic transformation is widespread in the genus Streptococcus. The current view is that all streptococcal species possess this property. In addition to the proteins required for DNA uptake and recombination, competent streptococci secrete muralytic enzymes termed fratricins. Since the synthesis and secretion of these cell wall-degrading enzymes are always coupled to competence development in streptococci, fratricins are believed to carry out an important function associated with natural transformation. This minireview summarizes what is known about the properties of fratricins and discusses their possible biological roles in streptococcal transformation.
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