Short-sequence tandem and nontandem DNA repeats and endogenous hydrogen peroxide production contribute to genetic instability of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 4392-4399

  Pericone, Christopher D ^a   Bae, Deborah ^a   Shchepetov, Mikhail ^a   McCool, Tera ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ATPC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; LICD2 GENE; LYTA GENE; NANA GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSPA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPXB GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANDEM REPEAT; XBA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

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

EID: 0036334551     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.16.4392-4399.2002     Document Type: Article

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