A genomic analysis of two-component signal transduction in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 566-576

  Throup, John P ^a   Koretke, Kristin K ^b   Bryant, Alexander P ^a   Ingraham, Karen A ^a   Chalker, Alison F ^a   Yigong, Ge ^a,c   Marra, Andrea ^a,d   Wallis, Nicola G ^a   Brown, James R ^b   Holmes, David J ^a   Rosenberg, Martin ^a   Burnham, Martin K R ^a  

^a Anti Infectives Research   (United States)

^b Bioinformatics   (United States)

^c Genaera Corporation   (United States)

^d PROTEIN DESIGN LABS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROTEIN KINASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033952304     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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