A binding-lipoprotein-dependent oligopeptide transport system in Streptococcus gordonii essential for uptake of hexa- and heptapeptides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-77

  Jenkinson, Howard F ^a,b   Baker, Rachel A ^a   Tannock, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS;

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

EID: 0030063057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.68-77.1996     Document Type: Article

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