Role of bacteriocin immunity proteins in the antimicrobial sensitivity of Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8095-8102

  Matsumoto Nakano, Michiyo ^a   Kuramitsu, Howard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOCIN IMMUNITY PROTEIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIP GENE; COMC GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; SMBG GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; OPERON; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33751563697     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00908-06     Document Type: Article

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