Sensor domain of histidine kinase ComD confers competence pherotype specificity in Streptoccoccus pneumoniae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-326

  Iannelli, Francesco ^a   Oggioni, Marco R ^a   Pozzi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competence; Histidine kinase; Pheromone; Quorum sensing; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Transformation; Two component system

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 27444438995     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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