Identification of the streptococcal competence-pheromone receptor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 863-869

  Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a   Gaustad, Peter ^b   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN COMD; PROTEIN COME; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; COMC GENE; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC CODE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029781001     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.521416.x     Document Type: Article

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