Distribution, regulation and role of the agmatine deiminase system in mutans streptococci

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Griswold, A R ^a,b   Nascimento, M M ^a   Burne, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Dental caries; Ecology

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE DEIMINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGMATINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; DENTAL PLAQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 57649178198     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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