Relevance of Peptide Uptake Systems to the Physiology and Virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1398-1408

  Samen, Ulrike ^a   Gottschalk, Birgit ^a   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^a   Reinscheid, Dieter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE; PROTEIN DPP A E; PROTEIN OPPA1; PROTEIN OPPA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 1342325449     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1398-1408.2004     Document Type: Article

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