Calcium signaling in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implication of the kinetics of calcium transport

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Trombe, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033381176     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.247     Document Type: Article

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