Instability of ackA (acetate kinase) mutations and their effects on acetyl phosphate and ATP amounts in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6390-6400

  Ramos Montañez, Smirla ^a   Kazmierczak, Krystyna M ^a   Hentchel, Kristy L ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHORUS; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; EPISTASIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACETATE KINASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 78649642416     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00995-10     Document Type: Article

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