Transcriptional analysis of mutacin I (mutA) gene expression in planktonic and biofilm cells of Streptococcus mutans using fluorescent protein and glucuronidase reporters

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 252-256

  Kreth, J ^a   Merritt, J ^a   Bordador, C ^a   Shi, W ^a   Qi, Fengxia ^a  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gfp; GusA; mRfp; Mutacin; Reporter genes; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTACIN I; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOFILM; DENTAL CARIES; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTA GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANKTON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIOCIN PLASMIDS; BACTERIOCINS; BIOFILMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 3142715216     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2004.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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