Characterization of irvR, a novel regulator of the irvA-dependent pathway required for genetic competence and dextran-dependent aggregation in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7268-7274

  Niu, Guoqing ^a   Okinaga, Toshinori ^a   Zhu, Lin ^b   Banas, Jeffrey ^c   Qi, Felicia ^a   Merritt, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; PROTEIN IRVR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEXTRANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 55749086678     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00967-08     Document Type: Article

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