Identification of ComW as a new component in the regulation of genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 172-183

  Luo, Ping ^a   Li, Haiying ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NISIN; RAFFINOSE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COME GENE; COMPETENCE; COMW GENE; COMX GENE; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NISIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4744337729     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04254.x     Document Type: Article

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