Contribution of a genomic accessory region encoding a putative cellobiose phosphotransferase system to virulence of streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  McAllister, Lauren J ^a   Ogunniyi, Abiodun D ^a   Stroeher, Uwe H ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOMIC ACCESSORY REGION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PNEUMONIA; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOGENICITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84857390967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032385     Document Type: Article

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