Mutations in the tacF gene of clinical strains and laboratory transformants of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Impact on choline auxotrophy and growth rate

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4129-4138

  González, Ana ^a   Llull, Daniel ^a   Morales, María ^a   García, Pedro ^a   García, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOALCOHOL; CHOLINE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACF GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 44949137452     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01991-07     Document Type: Article

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