Streptococcus mutans ffh, a gene encoding a homologue of the 54 kDa subunit of the signal recognition particle, is involved in resistance to acid stress

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-366

  Gutierrez, Juan A ^a,c   Crowley, Paula J ^a   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^a,d   Brady, L Jeannine ^a   Hamilton, Ian R ^b   Hillman, Jeffrey D ^a   Bleiweis, Arnold S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Ffh homologue; Streptococcus mutans; Tn917 mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSPOSON;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032994130     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-2-357     Document Type: Article

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