N-acetylglucosamine-mediated expression of nagA and nagB in streptococcus pneumoniae

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Afzal, Muhammad ^a,b   Shafeeq, Sulman ^c   Manzoor, Irfan ^a,b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CcpA; GlmS; N acetylglucosamine; NAG; NagA; NagB; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; AMINOSUGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; COMPONENT S, GLUTAMATE MUTASE PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLMS GENE; MANL GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NAGA GENE; NAGB GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AMINO SUGARS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 85006421126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00158     Document Type: Article

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