Cell density- and ComE-dependent expression of a group of mutacin and mutacin-like genes in Streptococcus mutans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Kreth, Jens ^a   Merritt, Justin ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Shi, Wenyuan ^a   Qi, Fengxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell density; CSP; Mutacin; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; MUTACIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STIMULATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DENTAL CARIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33750833072     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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