Characterization of Streptococcus mutans strains deficient in EIIAB Man of the sugar phosphotransferase system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4760-4769

  Abranches, Jacqueline ^a   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENE TRANSFER; PH EFFECTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GENE EXPRESSION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME II FRUCTOSE; ENZYME IIAB MANNOSE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNOSE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; FRUCD GENE; FRUI GENE; FTF GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GTFBC GENE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MANL GENE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLEIOTROPY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS UA159; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

3' FLANKING REGION; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0042029402     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4760-4769.2003     Document Type: Article

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