Role of intracellular polysaccharide in persistence of Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7315-7322

  Busuioc, Monica ^a   Mackiewicz, Katarzyna ^a,b   Buttaro, Bettina A ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; INTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GLGA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 72249123394     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00425-09     Document Type: Article

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