Lipid modification of prelipoproteins is dispensable for growth in vitro but essential for virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-233

  Petit, Chantal M ^a   Brown, James R ^a   Ingraham, Karen ^a   Bryant, Alex P ^a   Holmes, David J ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lgt; Lipoprotein; Lipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase; Respiratory tract infection; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035948224     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00233-6     Document Type: Article

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