Competence and virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Adc and PsaA mutants exhibit a requirement for Zn and Mn resulting from inactivation of putative ABC metal permeases

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 727-739

  Dintilhac, Agnès ^a   Alloing, Geneviève ^a   Granadel, Chantai ^a   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; PERMEASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030868591     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5111879.x     Document Type: Article

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