Unconventional organization of the division and cell wall gene cluster of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3069-3078

  Massidda, Orietta ^a   Anderluzzi, Daniela ^a   Friedli, Laurence ^a,b   Feger, Georg ^a,b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell division; dcw Gene cluster; Gram positive bacteria; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0031768070     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3069     Document Type: Article

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