Regulation of bacteriocin production in Streptococcus mutans by the quorum-sensing system required for development of genetic competence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3980-3989

  Van Der Ploeg, Jan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CELL DENSITY; COMDE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NLMAB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL DETECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 20444454268     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.3980-3989.2005     Document Type: Article

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