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Table 2 Four genes that were selected to construct deletion mutants

From: Bacterial factors required for Streptococcus pneumoniae coinfection with influenza A virus

Number

Gene/product name

Putative function

Relative referencea

1

ribA

3,4-Dihydroxy-2-butanone 4-phosphate synthase / GTP cyclohydrolase II

[48, 49]

2

prtA

C5a peptidase precursor

[23, 50]

3

zmpA

IgA-specific metalloendopeptidase

[51, 52]

4

Putative aminotransferase

PLP-dependent beta-cystathionase / Maltose regulon repressor

 
  1. aPreviously studies to be associated with the virulence of S. pneumoniae