The sgp gene modulates stress responses of Streptococcus mutans: Utilization of an antisense RNA strategy to investigate essential gene functions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-245

  Sato, Takako ^a,b   Wu, Jiong ^a,c   Kuramitsu, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisense; Streptococcus mutans; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OSMOLARITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032519899     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00577-6     Document Type: Article

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