View source for Genetic competence

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* 4. [[Lifestyles]]
** 4.1. [[Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles]]
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* 4.1.1. [[Motility and chemotaxis]]
* 4.1.2. [[Biofilm formation]]
* 4.1.3. [[Genetic competence]]
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* {{SubtiWiki regulon|[[ComA regulon]]}} 
* {{SubtiWiki regulon|[[ComK regulon]]}}  
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* 3. [[Information processing]]
** 3.1. [[Genetics]]
|Neighbours=
* 3.1.1. [[DNA replication]]
* 3.1.2. [[DNA condensation/ segregation]]
* 3.1.3. [[DNA restriction/ modification]]
* 3.1.4. [[DNA repair/ recombination]]
* 3.1.5. [[Genetic competence]]
* 3.1.6. [[Genetics/ other]]
|Related=
* {{SubtiWiki regulon|[[ComA regulon]]}} 
* {{SubtiWiki regulon|[[ComK regulon]]}} 
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* The wild type strain NCIB3610 is only poorly competent because the small protein ComI encoded on the endogenous plasmid pBS32 inhibits the competence DNA uptake machinery.  {{PubMed|23836866}} 

==Labs working on genetic competence==
* [[David Dubnau]]
* [[Oscar Kuipers]]

== Genes in this functional category ==
* ''[[addA]]''
* ''[[addB]]''
* ''[[bdbC]]''
* ''[[bdbD]]''
* ''[[coiA]]''
* ''[[comA]]''
* ''[[comC]]''
* ''[[comEA]]''
* ''[[comEB]]''
* ''[[comEC]]''
* ''[[comER]]''
* ''[[comFA]]''
* ''[[comFB]]''
* ''[[comFC]]''
* ''[[comGA]]''
* ''[[comGB]]''
* ''[[comGC]]''
* ''[[comGD]]''
* ''[[comGE]]''
* ''[[comGF]]''
* ''[[comGG]]''
* ''[[comK]]''
* ''[[comN]]''
* ''[[comP]]''
* ''[[comQ]]''
* ''[[comS]]''
* ''[[comX]]''
* ''[[comZ]]''
* ''[[dprA]]''
* ''[[mecA]]''
* ''[[med]]''
* ''[[nin]]''
* ''[[nucA]]''
* ''[[oppA]]''
* ''[[oppB]]''
* ''[[oppC]]''
* ''[[oppD]]''
* ''[[oppF]]''
* ''[[phrC]]''
* ''[[phrF]]''
* ''[[phrK]]''
* ''[[pnpA]]''
* ''[[radC]]''
* ''[[rapC]]''
* ''[[rapD]]''
* ''[[rapF]]''
* ''[[rapK]]''
* ''[[recA]]''
* ''[[rok]]''
* ''[[sbcC]]''
* ''[[sbcD]]''
* ''[[yvcJ]]''

==Important original publications==
<pubmed> 23836866 24012503 </pubmed>

==Important reviews==
<pubmed>15083159 19228200 10607621 9224890 1943994 19995980 12576575 23046409 22146301 23551850 23572583 23693123 23669271 </pubmed>

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