Characterization of the sat operon in Streptococcus mutans: Evidence for a role of Ffh in acid tolerance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2543-2552

  Kremer, B H A ^a   Van der Kraan, M ^a   Crowley, P J ^a   Hamilton, I R ^a   Brady, L J ^a   Bleiweis, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; GENE PRODUCT; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL VIABILITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0035088794     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.8.2543-2552.2001     Document Type: Article

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