Peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase, a putative virulence factor in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7176-7178

  Vollmer, Waldemar ^b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE DEACETYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INACTIVATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036892246     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7176-7178.2002     Document Type: Article

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