Identification of a novel two-component system in Streptococcus gordonii V288 involved in biofilm formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3489-3494

  Zhang, Yongshu ^a   Lei, Yu ^a   Khammanivong, Ali ^a   Herzberg, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DURAPATITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; POLYSTYRENES; SALIVA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 2542545906     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3489-3494.2004     Document Type: Article

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