Regulation of the gtfBC and ftf genes of Streptococcus mutans in biofilms in response to pH and carbohydrate

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2841-2848

  Li, Y ^a   Burne, R A ^a  

^a Department of Oral Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dental plaque; Exopolysaccharides; Glucans; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEVANSUCRASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REACTOR; STEADY STATE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034779082     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-10-2841     Document Type: Article

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