Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Cps2C residues that affect capsular polysaccharide polymerization, cell wall ligation, and Cps2D Phosphorylation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2341-2346

  Byrne, James P ^a   Morona, Judy K ^a   Paton, James C ^a   Morona, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN CPS2D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; LIGATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79955539841     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00074-11     Document Type: Article

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