Characterization of the Arginine Deiminase Operon of Streptococcus rattus FA-1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1321-1327

  Griswold, Ann ^a   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^a   Snyder, Jennifer A ^a,b   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOASSAY; BIOFILMS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS;

HOMEOSTASIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIPORTER; ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; ARGININE ORNITHINE ANTIPORTER; CARBAMATE KINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CITRULLINE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN ADIR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DENTAL CARIES; DNA LIBRARY; ENERGY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTECTION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS RATTUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RATTUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS RATTI;

EID: 1642277085     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1321-1327.2004     Document Type: Article

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