Polymorphism and regulation of the spxB (pyruvate oxidase) virulence factor gene by a CBS-HotDog domain protein (SpxR) in serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 729-746

  Ramos Montañez, Smirla ^a   Tsui, Ho Ching Tiffany ^a   Wayne, Kyle J ^a   Morris, Jordan L ^a   Peters, Lindsey E ^a   Zhang, Faming ^a   Kazmierczak, Krystyna M ^a   Sham, Lok To ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR SPXB; VIRULENCE FACTOR SPXR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MURINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 38449092559     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06082.x     Document Type: Article

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