The com locus controls genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 683-692

  Cheng, Q ^a   Campbell, E A ^a   Naughton, A M ^a   Johnson, S ^b   Masure, H R ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031037056     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2481617.x     Document Type: Article

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