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The puzzle of zmpB and extensive chain formation, autolysis defect and non-translocation of choline-binding proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 2001
Bergé M, García P, Iannelli F, Prère M F, Granadel C, Polissi A, Claverys J P
Abstract excerpt
Choline-binding proteins (CBPs) from Streptococcus pneumoniae are involved in several important processes. Inactivation of zmpB, a gene that encodes a surface-located putative zinc metalloprotease, in a S. pneumoniae serotype 4 strain was recently reported to reveal a composite phenotype, including extensive chain formation, lysis defect and transformation deficiency. This phenotype was associated with the lack...
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