The two-component regulatory system TCS08 is involved in cellobiose metabolism of Streptococcus pneumoniae R6

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1342-1350

  McKessar, Stuart J ^a   Hakenbeck, Regine ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLOBIOSE; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33846897127     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01170-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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