Block and Boost DNA Transfer: Opposite Roles of OmpA in Natural and Artificial Transformation of Escherichia coli

Dongchang Sun; Bing Wang; Lihong Zhu; Mengyao Chen; Linlin Zhan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059019

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Block and Boost DNA Transfer: Opposite Roles of OmpA in Natural and Artificial Transformation of Escherichia coli

Dongchang Sun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dongchang Sun, Bing Wang

* E-mail: sundongchang@yahoo.com

Affiliations State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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Bing Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dongchang Sun, Bing Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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Lihong Zhu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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Mengyao Chen,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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Linlin Zhan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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Block and Boost DNA Transfer: Opposite Roles of OmpA in Natural and Artificial Transformation of Escherichia coli

Dongchang Sun,
Bing Wang,
Lihong Zhu,
Mengyao Chen,
Linlin Zhan

Published: March 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059019

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