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Relevance of peptide uptake systems to the physiology and virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2004
Samen Ulrike, Gottschalk Birgit, Eikmanns Bernhard J, Reinscheid Dieter J
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus agalactiae is a major cause of invasive infections in human newborns. To satisfy its growth requirements, S. agalactiae takes up 9 of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids from the environment. Defined S. agalactiae mutants in one or several of four putative peptide permease systems were constructed and tested for peptide uptake, growth in various media, and expression of virulence traits. Oligopeptide...
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