Frequency and expression of mutacin biosynthesis genes in isolates of Streptococcus mutans with different mutacin-producing phenotypes

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 626-635

  Kamiya, Regianne Umeko ^a   Höfling, José Francisco ^a   Gonçalves, Reginaldo Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; MUTACIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 43049147159     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47749-0     Document Type: Article

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