Altered Protein Expression of Streptococcus oralis Cultured at Low pH Revealed by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3396-3405

  Wilkins, Joanna C ^a   Homer, Karen A ^a   Beighton, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PH; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

EID: 0035430777     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3396-3405.2001     Document Type: Article

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