Expression of a Cryptic Secondary Sigma Factor Gene Unveils Natural Competence for DNA Transformation in Staphylococcus aureus

• Kazuya Morikawa ,

  * E-mail: morikawa.kazuya.ga@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (KM); tmsadek@pasteur.fr (TM)

  Affiliations University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan, Institut Pasteur, Biology of Gram Positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France

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• Aya J. Takemura,

  Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Yumiko Inose,

  Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Melody Tsai,

  Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Le Thuy Nguyen Thi,

  Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Toshiko Ohta,

  Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Tarek Msadek

  * E-mail: morikawa.kazuya.ga@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (KM); tmsadek@pasteur.fr (TM)

  Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Biology of Gram Positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France, CNRS ERL 3526, Paris, France

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