The NADH oxidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Its involvement in competence and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1018-1028

  Auzat, Isabelle ^a   Chapuy Regaud, Sabine ^b   Bras, Gisèle Le ^a   Santos, Delphine Dos ^b   Ogunniyi, A David ^c   Thomas, Isabelle Le ^b   Garel, Jean Renaud ^a   Paton, James C ^c   Trombe, Marie Claude ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033405777     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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