Additive attenuation of virulence and cariogenic potential of Streptococcus mutans by simultaneous inactivation of the ComCDE quorum-sensing system and HK/RR11 two-component regulatory system

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3256-3265

  Li, Yung Hua ^a   Tian, Xiao Lin ^a   Layton, Gillian ^a   Norgaard, Chris ^a   Sisson, Gary ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN COMCDE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN RR11; RESPONSE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MOUTH; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 57349160302     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/019455-0     Document Type: Article

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