Characterization of a glutamate transporter operon, glnQHMP, in Streptococcus mutans and its role in acid tolerance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 984-993

  Krastel, Kirsten ^a   Senadheera, Dilani B ^a   Mair, Richard ^a   Downey, Jennifer S ^b   Goodman, Steven D ^b   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 14; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUTH CAVITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACIDS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; CULTURE MEDIA; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 75749105448     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01169-09     Document Type: Article

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