Regulation of competence for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae by an auto-induced peptide pheromone and a two-component regulatory system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 853-862

  Pestova, E V ^a   Havarstein L S ^b   Morrison, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; COMC GENE; COMD GENE; COME GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029745349     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.501417.x     Document Type: Article

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