Streptococcus mutants biofilm formation: Utilization of a gtfB promoter-green fluorescent protein (PgtfB::gfp) construct to monitor development

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3385-3394

  Yoshida, Akihiro ^a   Kuramitsu, Howard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucosyltransferase (GTF)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYSTYRENE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; 1,3 ALPHA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 1,3-ALPHA-D-GLUCAN SYNTHASE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHESIS; MONITOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UPREGULATION; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BIOFILMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036826938     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3385     Document Type: Review

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