Abstract
l-Alanine-germinated spores of Bacillus subtilis developed a competence on agar plates after 10 h of incubation. Addition of marker amino acid to the plates was required for the transformation.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Archer L. J., Landman O. E. Development of competence in thymine-starved Bacillus subtilis with chromosomes arrested at the terminus. J Bacteriol. 1969 Jan;97(1):166–173. doi: 10.1128/jb.97.1.166-173.1969. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Bodmer W. F. Recombination and integration in Bacillus subtilis transformation: involvement of DNA synthesis. J Mol Biol. 1965 Dec;14(2):534–557. doi: 10.1016/s0022-2836(65)80203-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- EPHRATI-ELIZUR E. DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE FOR TRANSFORMATION EXPERIMENTS IN AN OVERNIGHT CULTURE OF GERMINATING SPORES OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS. J Bacteriol. 1965 Aug;90:550–551. doi: 10.1128/jb.90.2.550-551.1965. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Erickson R. J., Braun W. Apparent dependence of transformation on the stage of deoxyribonucleic acid replication of recipient cells. Bacteriol Rev. 1968 Dec;32(4 Pt 1):291–296. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- FARMER J. L., ROTHMAN F. TRANSFORMABLE THYMINE-REQUIRING MUTANT OF BACILLUS SUBTILS. J Bacteriol. 1965 Jan;89:262–263. doi: 10.1128/jb.89.1.262-263.1965. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Tanooka H., Terano H., Otsuka H. Increase of thymidine, thymidylate and deoxycytidine kinase activites during germination of bacterial spores. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1971 Jan 1;228(1):26–37. doi: 10.1016/0005-2787(71)90543-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- YOUNG F. E., SPIZIZEN J. Physiological and genetic factors affecting transformation of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 1961 May;81:823–829. doi: 10.1128/jb.81.5.823-829.1961. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]