Regulation of urease gene of Actinomyces naeslundii in biofilms in response to environmental factors

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Liu, Yaling ^a,d   Hu, Tao ^b   Jiang, Dan ^a   Zhang, Jingyi ^a   Zhou, Xuedong ^b,c  

^a State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Actinomyces naeslundii; Biofilm; Gene expression; Urease activity; Ureolysis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; UREASE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM REACTOR; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEADY STATE;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREASE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII;

EID: 37249061745     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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