Analysis of an Agmatine Deiminase Gene Cluster in Streptococcus mutans UA159

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1902-1904

  Griswold, Ann R ^a   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AGMATINE DEIMINASE; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS UA159;

AGMATINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

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

EID: 1542286881     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1902-1904.2004     Document Type: Article

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