The F-ATPase operon promoter of Streptococcus mutans is transcriptionally regulated in response to external pH

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8524-8528

  Kuhnert, Wendi L ^a,c   Zheng, Guolu ^a   Faustoferri, Roberta C ^a   Quivey Jr , Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Oral Biology   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; F ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 10044236553     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.24.8524-8528.2004     Document Type: Article

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