Involvement of Streptococcus mutans regulator RR11 in oxidative stress response during biofilm growth and in the development of genetic competence

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Perry, J A ^a   Levesque C M ^a   Suntharaligam, P ^a   Mair, R W ^a   Bu, M ^b   Cline, R T ^b   Peterson, S N ^b   Cvitkovitch, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Competence; DNA microarray; Stress response; Two component system

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

BIOFILM GROWTH; COMPETENCE; DNA MICROARRAY; ENCODING GENES; GENE DISRUPTIONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE; S. MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESSES RESPONSE; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DNA; MICROARRAYS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTATION; OXIDATION; PERSISTENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; REGULATOR GENE; RR11 GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 54249159209     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02455.x     Document Type: Article

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