Genetic competence

Parent categories	4. Lifestyles 4.1. Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles
Neighbouring categories	4.1.1. Motility and chemotaxis 4.1.2. Biofilm formation 4.1.3. Genetic competence
Related categories	ComA regulon ComK regulon
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Parent categories	3. Information processing 3.1. Genetics
Neighbouring categories	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 categories	ComA regulon ComK regulon
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Labs working on genetic competence

• David Dubnau

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 reviews

Anna Kuchina, Lorena Espinar, Tolga Çağatay, Alejandro O Balbin, Fang Zhang, Alma Alvarado, Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Gürol M Süel
Temporal competition between differentiation programs determines cell fate choice.
Mol Syst Biol: 2011, 7;557
[PubMed:22146301] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)