Method of assessing the usefulness of a test compound for alleviating a pneumococcal infection in an animal

摘要

The invention relates to a method of assessing whether a test compound is useful for alleviating a pneumococcal infection in an animal. This method comprises comparing (a) the degree of phosphorylation of CpsD in pneumococcal cells maintained in the presence of the test compound and (b) the degree of phosphorylation of CpsD in the same type of cells maintained in the absence of the test compound.