Nitrite reductase in Streptoccocus mutans plays a critical role in the survival of this pathogen in oral cavity

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 384-389

  Choudhury, T ^a   Sato, E F ^a   Inoue, M ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Nitrite reductase; Streptoccocus mutans

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL; WILD TYPE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MOUTH; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 35448946149     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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