Metal-dependent repression of siderophore and biofilm formation in Actinomyces naeslundii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-220

  Moelling, Cas ^a   Oberschlacke, Ross ^a   Ward, Price ^a   Karijolich, John ^a   Borisova, Ksenia ^a   Bjelos, Nikola ^a   Bergeron, Lori ^a,b  

^a RIPON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AmdR; DtxR; Iron dependent; Levans

Indexed keywords

AMDR PROTEIN; IRON; METAL ION; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; FUNGI;

EID: 34548719831     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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