Role of the dpr product in oxygen tolerance in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3740-3747

  Yamamoto, Yuji ^a   Higuchi, Masako ^a   Poole, Leslie B ^b   Kamio, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLONY FORMATION; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN TOXICITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACIDS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FERRITINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OXYGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0034046747     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3740-3747.2000     Document Type: Article

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