A new quorum-sensing system (TprA/PhrA) for Streptococcus pneumoniaeD39 that regulates a lantibiotic biosynthesis gene cluster

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-243

  Hoover, Sharon E ^a   Perez, Amilcar J ^a   Tsui, Ho Ching T ^b   Sinha, Dhriti ^b   Smiley, David L ^b   Dimarchi, Richard D ^b   Winkler, Malcolm E ^b   Lazazzera, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; GALACTOSE; LANTIBIOTIC; TPRA PHRA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LANTIBIOTIC GENE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84935749627     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13029     Document Type: Article

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