Role of GlnR in acid-mediated repression of genes encoding proteins involved in glutamine and glutamate metabolism in streptococcus Mutans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2478-2486

  Chen, Pei Min ^a   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^b,c   Yu, Sung Liang ^a   Sher, Singh ^d   Lai, Chern Hsiung ^e   Chia, Jean San ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID TOLERANCE RESPONSE; ACID TREATMENTS; ACIDIC PH; ATP SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENES ENCODING; GENOME MICROARRAY; IN-SILICO; PYRUVATES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; S. MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION;

PROTEINS;

ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENOME; METABOLISM; PH; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACIDS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRIC ACID; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PYRUVIC ACID; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 77950571124     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02622-09     Document Type: Article

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