Pneumococcal licD2 gene is involved in phosphorylcholine metabolism

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1477-1488

  Zhang, Jing Ren ^a   Idanpaan Heikkila, Ilona ^a,c   Fischer, Werner ^b   Tuomanen, Elaine I ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL DENSITY; CYTOLYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033022866     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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