<i>comCDE</i> (Competence) Operon Is Regulated by CcpA in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39
Yapeng Zhang, Jinghui Zhang, Jiangming Xiao, Hanyi Wang, Rui Yang, Xinlin Guo, Yuqiang Zheng, Yibing Yin, Xuemei Zhang
Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of bacterial infections in humans, such as pneumonia, bacteremia, meningitis, otitis media, and sinusitis. Like most streptococci, S. pneumoniae is naturally competent and employs this ability to augment its adaptive evolution.
Topics & Concepts
CCPACatabolite repressionStreptococcus pneumoniaeBiologyOperonPromoterMicrobiologyTranscription (linguistics)Transcriptional regulationTranscription factorGeneGeneticsGene expressionAntibioticsEscherichia coliPhilosophyLinguisticsMutantBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria