The oligopeptide (opp) gene cluster of Streptococcus mutans: Identification, prevalence, and characterization

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Nepomuceno, R S L ^a   Tavares, M B ^a   Lemos, J A ^b   Griswold, A R ^b   Ribeiro, J L ^a   Balan, A ^a   Guimaraes K S ^a   Cai, S ^a   Burne, R A ^b   Ferreira, L C S ^a   Ferreira, R C C ^a  

^a Biomedical Sciences Institute   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Biofilm; Oligopeptide uptake; Opp system; OppA; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

AMINOPTERIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE BINDING PROTEIN A; OLIGOPEPTIDE BINDING PROTEIN B; OLIGOPEPTIDE BINDING PROTEIN C; OLIGOPEPTIDE BINDING PROTEIN D; OLIGOPEPTIDE BINDING PROTEIN F; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; DENTAL CARIES; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENTAL CARIES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34347400474     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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