Involvement of the detoxifying enzyme lactoylglutathione lyase in Streptococcus mutans aciduricity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7586-7592

  Korithoski, Bryan ^a   Lévesque, Céline M ^a   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; METHYLGLYOXAL; PROTEOME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ACIDURIA; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOLYSIS; LGL GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; UPREGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; PYRUVALDEHYDE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 35648957713     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00754-07     Document Type: Article

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