Regulation of growth inhibition at high temperature, autolysis, transformation and adherence in Streptococcus pneumoniae by ClpC

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 717-726

  Charpentier, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Novak, Rodger ^a,b   Tuomanen, Elaine ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033852411     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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