Competence in streptococcus pneumoniae is regulated by the rate of ribosomal decoding errors

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Stevens, Kathleen E ^a   Chang, Diana ^b   Zwack, Erin E ^a,b   Sebert, Michael E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; KASUGAMYCIN; PROTEIN HTRA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80455130013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00071-11     Document Type: Article

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