Molecular characterization of the pneumococcal teichoic acid phosphorylcholine esterase

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-222

  De Las Rivas, B ^a   Garcia J L ^a   Lopez R ^a   Garcia P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TEICHOIC ACID; TEICHOIC ACID PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE ESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PCE GENE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHOLINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035191795     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10766290152652756     Document Type: Article

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