A new direction for manganese homeostasis in bacteria: Identification of a novel efflux system in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Jakubovics, Nicholas S ^a   Valentine, Ruth A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FACILITATED DIFFUSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MANGANESE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 62949138955     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06637.x     Document Type: Note

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