Capsule biosynthesis and basic metabolism in Streptococcus pneumoniae are linked through the cellular phosphoglucomutase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1854-1863

  Hardy, Gail G ^a,b   Caimano, Melissa J ^a,c   Yother, Janet ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0034098735     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1854-1863.2000     Document Type: Article

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