Functional genomics approach to identifying genes required for biofilm development by Streptococcus mutans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1196-1203

  Wen, Zezhang T ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOFILMS; ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGY;

GLOBAL REGULATORS;

GENES;

AMINO ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENTAL CARIES; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0036199307     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1196-1203.2002     Document Type: Article

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