Regulated expression of the Streptococcus mutans dlt genes correlates with intracellular polysaccharide accumulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2363-2372

  Spatafora, Grace A ^a   Sheets, Megan ^a   June, Rebecca ^a   Luyimbazi, David ^a   Howard, Katherine ^a   Hulbert, Robin ^a   Barnard, Daron ^a   El Janne, Mariam ^b   Hudson, Michael C ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENTAL CARIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IPS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032952716     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2363-2372.1999     Document Type: Article

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