Identification of a Streptococcus pneumoniae gene locus encoding proteins of an ABC phosphate transporter and a two-component regulatory system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1126-1133

  Novak, Rodger ^a   Cauwels, Anje ^b   Charpentier, Emmanuelle ^c   Tuomanen, Elaine ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033026468     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1126-1133.1999     Document Type: Article

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