LuxS-Mediated Signaling in Streptococcus mutans is Involved in Regulation of Acid and Oxidative Stress Tolerance and Biofilm Formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2682-2691

  Wen, Zezhang T ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BIOFILM REGULATORY PROTEIN A; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; ENDONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROXYAPATITE; LEVANASE; PROTEIN FFH; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RECA PROTEIN; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SUCROSE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUPERNATANT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 1942507978     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.9.2682-2691.2004     Document Type: Article

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