Pyruvate oxidase is a determinant of Avery's rough morphology

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8164-8171

  Belanger, Aimee E ^a,b   Clague, Melissa J ^a   Glass, John I ^a,c   LeBlanc, Donald J ^a,d  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Inst for Biol Energy Alternatives   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE OXIDASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPXB GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 10044280514     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.24.8164-8171.2004     Document Type: Article

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