title: Choline starvation induces the gene licD2 in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
abstract: Mutant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae were constructed to monitor the regulation of three dispersed genes known or predicted to act in choline metabolism. One gene (licD2) was regulated in response to choline deprivation over a 30-fold range. The other two (SP1860 and licC) responded little if at all to the same challenge.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 S Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Bhushan V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Harvard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reiter
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; C119769:LicD2 protein, Streptococcus pneumoniae; D002794:Choline