Kinase activity of the dgk gene product is involved in the virulence of Streptococcus mutans

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 557-565

  Shibata, Yukie ^a   van der Ploeg, Jan R ^b   Kozuki, Takeshi ^c   Shirai, Yasuhito ^c   Saito, Naoaki ^c   Kawada Matsuo, Miki ^a   Takeshita, Toru ^a   Yamashita, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 62249094619     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.023812-0     Document Type: Article

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