Bacteriocin activity of Streptococcus pneumoniae is controlled by the serine protease HtrA via posttranscriptional regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1509-1518

  Dawid, Suzanne ^a,b   Sebert, Michael E ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 7510C MSRBI ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; PHEROMONE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE HTRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CIAR PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; DEGP PROTEASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 62649122954     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01213-08     Document Type: Article

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