Genomic variation in Streptococcus mutans: Deletions affecting the multiple pathways of β-glucoside metabolism

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Old, L A ^a   Lowes, S ^a   Russell, R R B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glucoside; Genome; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CELLOBIOSE; ESCULIN; GENTOBIOSE; GLUCOSIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BGLA; PROTEIN CELA; PROTEIN REGM; SALICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARBUTIN; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CELA ENDOGLUCANASE; CELLULASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLYSIS; KNOCKOUT GENE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

AMYGDALIN; ARBUTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; ESCULIN; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645075213     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2005.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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