Three gene products govern (p)ppGpp production by Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1568-1581

  Lemos, José A ^a,b   Lin, Vanessa K ^a   Nascimento, Marcelle M ^a   Abranches, Jacqueline ^a,b   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' TRIPHOSPHATE; AMITROLE; GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMITROLE; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; HYDROLASES; LIGASES; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34548303811     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05897.x     Document Type: Article

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