The atlA operon of Streptococcus mutans: Role in autolysin maturation and cell surface biogenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6877-6888

  Ahn, Sang Joon ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ADHESIN P1; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ATLA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SMU0630; PROTEIN THMA; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATLA GENE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THMA GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33749343266     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00536-06     Document Type: Article

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