The influence of HtrA expression on the growth of streptococcus mutans during acid stress

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-304

  Kang, Kyung Hee ^a,b   Lee, Jung Sook ^c   Yoo, Min ^d   Jin, Ingnyol ^b  

^a Konyang University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid; HtrA; Korean; Streptococcus mutans; Stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASEB; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASEC; HIGH TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT A PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KOREA; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 77953481138     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-010-0036-9     Document Type: Article

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