Transcriptional analysis of the bglP gene from Streptococcus mutans

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cote, Christopher K ^a,b   Honeyman, Allen L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORATADINE;

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ESCULIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33745837824     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-37     Document Type: Article

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