The involvement of the pyruvate dehydrogenase E1α subunit, in Streptococcus mutans acid tolerance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Dental caries; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 54249097495     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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