Genetics of acid adaptation in oral streptococci

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-314

  Quivey R G , Jr ^a   Kuhnert, W L ^a   Hahn, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid adaptation; Arginine deiminase; ATPase; Base production; Carbon metabolism; DNA repair; Pathogenesis; Streptococci; Urease

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CARBON; DNA; UREASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034790988     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10454411010120040201     Document Type: Review

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