Streptococcus salivarius urease expression: involvement of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Chen, Yi Ywan M ^a   Hall, Thomas H ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Phosphotransferase system; Streptococcus salivarius; Urease

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGLUCOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE CONTROL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FRUCTOSE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS; UREASE;

STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 0032145506     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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