Genetic and physiologic analysis of the groE operon and role of the HrcA repressor in stress gene regulation and acid tolerance in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 6074-6084

  Lemos, J A C ^a   Chen, Y Y M ^a   Burne, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DNAK; PROTEIN GROESL; PROTEIN HRCA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GROEL PROTEIN; GROES PROTEIN; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034815674     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.20.6074-6084.2001     Document Type: Article

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