Regulation of gbpC expression in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6521-6531

  Biswas, Indranil ^a   Drake, Laura ^a   Biswas, Saswati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN COVR; PROTEIN GBPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COVR GENE; DENTAL CARIES; FUSION GENE; GBPC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PGBPC GUSA GENE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34548565848     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00825-07     Document Type: Article

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