Development of competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Pheromone autoinduction and control of quorum sensing by the oligopeptide permease

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Alloing, Geneviève ^a   Martin, Bernard ^a   Granadel, Chantal ^a   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031855362     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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