Choline starvation induces the gene licD2 in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 371-373

  Desai, Bhushan V ^a   Reiter, Harvard ^b   Morrison, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cell Controls Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHOLINE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LICD2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLINE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

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

EID: 0037215604     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.371-373.2003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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