Coordinated Bacteriocin Expression and Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Genetic Adaptation through Neighbor Predation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Wholey, Wei Yun ^a   Kochan, Travis J ^b   Storck, David N ^a   Dawid, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; COMPETENCE FACTOR, STREPTOCOCCUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MILLER ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; OPERON; PHEROMONES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84959483339     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005413     Document Type: Article

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