Effects of mutating putative two-component systems on biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans UA159

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-230

  Bhagwat, Samir P ^a   Nary, Julia ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Dental caries; Environmental sensing; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0035910176     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00471-2     Document Type: Article

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