title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eickernjäger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Porstendörfer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Averhoff
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010957:Plasmids; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; C061650:comC protein, Bacillus subtilis