Growth, development, and gene expression in a persistent Streptococcus gordonii biofilm

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4759-4766

  Gilmore, Keeta S ^a   Srinivas, Pravina ^b   Akins, Darrin R ^a   Hatter, Kenneth L ^a   Gilmore, Michael S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0043246710     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.8.4759-4766.2003     Document Type: Article

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