The LiaFSR system regulates the cell envelope stress response in streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2973-2984

  Suntharalingam, Prashanth ^a   Senadheera, M D ^a   Mair, Richard W ^a   Levesque, Celine M ^a   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CHAPERONE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CYCLOSERINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NISIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIAF GENE; LIASR GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 65549123767     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01563-08     Document Type: Article

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