Competence-Induced Cells of Streptococcus pneumoniae Lyse Competence-Deficient Cells of the Same Strain during Cocultivation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7176-7183

  Steinmoen, Hilde ^a   Teigen, Aina ^a   Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; NAKED DNA; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; MUCOPROTEINS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 0344666699     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7176-7183.2003     Document Type: Article

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