Characterization of a calcium porter of Streptococcus pneumoniae involved in calcium regulation of growth and competence.

doi:10.1099/00221287-139-3-433

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Characterization of a calcium porter of Streptococcus pneumoniae involved in calcium regulation of growth and competence.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Mar 1993

Trombe M C

Abstract excerpt

It is shown that Streptococcus pneumoniae possesses a Ca2+ transporter, sensitive to the amiloride derivative 2',4'-dimethylbenzamil (DMB), which is essential for grown at high Ca(2+)-concentrations, and which mediates the triggering by Ca2+ of competence for genetic transformation in the exponen...

Topics

Amiloride
Autolysis
Calcium
Electrochemistry
Ion Transport
Kinetics
Mutation
Streptococcus pneumoniae

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