Transformation protects S. pneumoniae against the bactericidal effect of mitomycin C. Michod et al. summarized evidence that induction of competence in S. pneumoniae is associated with increased resistance to oxidative stress and increased expression of the RecA protein, a key component of the recombinational repair machinery for removing DNA damages.
A transformación protexe a S. pneumoniae contra os efectos bactericidas da mitomicina C. Michod et al. recompilaron probas de que a indución da competencia en S. pneumoniae está asociada cun incremento da resistencia ao estrés oxidativo e un incremento da expresión da proteína RecA, un compoñente clave da maquinaria de reparación recombinacional para reparar os danos no ADN.