Different pathways of choline metabolism in two choline-independent strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae and their impact on virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5907-5914

  Kharat, Arun S ^a,b   Denapaite, Dalia ^d   Gehre, Florian ^a   Brückner, Reinhold ^d   Vollmer, Waldemar ^c   Hakenbeck, Regine ^d   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; LICD GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACF GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; CHOLINE; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 50249114035     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00628-08     Document Type: Article

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