Synthesis of capsular polysaccharide at the division septum of Streptococcus pneumoniae is dependent on a bacterial tyrosine kinase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 515-534

  Henriques, Mafalda X ^a   Rodrigues, Tatiana ^a   Carido, Madalena ^a   Ferreira, Luís ^a   Filipe, Sérgio R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN WZD; PROTEIN WZE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80054001998     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07828.x     Document Type: Article

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