Identification of the operon for the sorbitol (glucitol) phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system in Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 925-930

  Boyd, David A ^a,c   Thevenot, Tracy ^a,d   Gumbmann, Markus ^a   Honeyman, Allen L ^b   Hamilton, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health   (Canada)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; SORBITOL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0033984378     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.925-930.2000     Document Type: Article

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