Altered adherence properties of a Streptococcus gordonii hppA (oligopeptide permease) mutant result from transcriptional effects on cshA adhesin gene expression

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-136

  McNab, Roderick ^a,b   Jenkinson, Howard F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell surface proteins; Oligopeptide permease; Promoter activity; Streptococcal cell adhesion; Streptococcus gordonii

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PERMEASE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0031983855     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-1-127     Document Type: Article

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