Effect of an orphan response regulator on Streptococcus mutans sucrose-dependent adherence and cariogenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4351-4360

  Idone, Vincent ^a   Brendtro, Stacy ^a   Gillespie, Robert ^a   Kocaj, Steve ^a   Peterson, Erica ^a   Rendi, Mara ^a   Warren, Wayne ^a   Michalek, Suzanne ^b   Krastel, Kirsten ^c   Cvitkovitch, Dennis ^c   Spatafora, Grace ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCAN; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN GCRR; PROTEIN TARC; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; ORPHAN RESPONSE REGULATOR; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DENTAL CARIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERM-FREE LIFE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 0042766410     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.8.4351-4360.2003     Document Type: Article

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