Incorporation of choline into Streptococcus pneumoniae cell wall antigens: Evidence for choline kinase activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 141-145

  Whiting, Gail C ^a   Gillespie, Stephen H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choline kinase; Choline metabolism; Lipoteichoic acid; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Teichoic acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHOLINE; CHOLINE KINASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029899176     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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