Transformation of a type 4 encapsulated strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-135

  Bricker, Angela L ^a   Camilli, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence stimulating peptide; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Transformation efficiency

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COMPETENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GLYCINE; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033005813     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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