Role of two component signaling response regulators in acid tolerance of Streptococcus mutans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-176

  Kawada Matsuo, M ^a   Shibata, Y ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Gene inactivation; Response regulator; Streptococcus mutans; Two component system

Indexed keywords

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RESPONSE REGULATOR GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEM GENE; WILD TYPE;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 60349095403     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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