Regulation of sucrose-6-phosphate hydrolase activity in Streptococcus mutans: Characterization of the scrR gene

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3736-3743

  Hiratsuka, Koichi ^a,b   Wang, Bing ^a   Sato, Yutaka ^a,c   Kuramitsu, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; SUCROSE 6 PHOSPHATE HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031871875     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3736-3743.1998     Document Type: Article

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