Competence regulation by oxygen in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Involvement of ciaRH and comCDE

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 688-696

  Echenique, José R ^a   Chapuy Regaud, Sabine ^a   Trombe, Marie Claude ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034061848     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01891.x     Document Type: Article

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