Multiple sugar: Phosphotransferase system permeases participate in catabolite modification of gene expression in Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-208

  Zeng, Lin ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER EXPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; HYDROLASE; MANNOSE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FRUA; PROTEIN LEVD; PROTEIN LEVE; PROTEIN LEVF; PROTEIN LEVG; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MANNOSE; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 51649120143     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06403.x     Document Type: Article

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