The puzzle of zmpB and extensive chain formation, autolysis defect and non-translocation of choline-binding proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1651-1660

  Bergé, Mathieu ^a   García, Pedro ^b   Iannelli, Francesco ^c   Prère, Marie Françoise ^a,d   Granadel, Chantal ^a   Polissi, Alessandra ^e   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

^e GSK   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; GENE PRODUCT; METALLOPROTEINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZMPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CHOLINE; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ENZYMES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

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

EID: 0035061058     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02359.x     Document Type: Article

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