Genome-wide characterization of the SloR metalloregulome in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1433-1443

  O'Rourke, Kevin P ^a   Shaw, Jeremy D ^a   Pesesky, Mitchell W ^a   Cook, Brian T ^a   Roberts, Susanne M ^a   Bond, Jeffrey P ^b   Spatafora, Grace A ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MANGANESE; SLOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MANGANESE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 77749279742     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01161-09     Document Type: Article

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