uvrA is an acid-inducible gene involved in the adaptive response to low pH in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 5964-5973

  Hanna, M N ^a   Ferguson, R J ^a   Li, Y H ^a   Cvitkovitch, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034810491     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.20.5964-5973.2001     Document Type: Article

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