Inducible antisense RNA expression in the characterization of gene functions in Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3568-3576

  Wang, Bing ^a   Kuramitsu, Howard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DEPHOSPHOCOENZYME A KINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COAE GENE; COMC GENE; ESSENTIAL GENE; FRUA GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GTFB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCRB GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TETO GENE; TETR GENE;

GENE LIBRARY; GENES, ESSENTIAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RNA, ANTISENSE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 19744372984     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3568-3576.2005     Document Type: Article

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