TY - GEN AU - Schaffner,Thierry O AU - Hinds,Jason AU - Gould,Katherine A AU - Wüthrich,Daniel AU - Bruggmann,Rémy AU - Küffer,Marianne AU - Mühlemann,Kathrin AU - Hilty,Markus AU - Hathaway,Lucy J TI - A point mutation in cpsE renders Streptococcus pneumoniae nonencapsulated and enhances its growth, adherence and competence SN - 1471-2180 PY - 2015///0303 KW - Bacterial Adhesion KW - Bacterial Capsules KW - metabolism KW - Bacterial Proteins KW - genetics KW - Cell Line KW - DNA Mutational Analysis KW - DNA Transformation Competence KW - Epithelial Cells KW - microbiology KW - Genome, Bacterial KW - Humans KW - Mutant Proteins KW - Nasopharynx KW - Pneumococcal Infections KW - Point Mutation KW - Sequence Analysis, DNA KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - Transformation, Genetic N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-014-0210-x ER -