The pdh operon is expressed in a subpopulation of stationary-phase bacteria and is important for survival of sugar-starved streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4395-4402

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

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; DENTAL CARIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUTH PLAQUE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PDH GENE; PDHA GENE; PDHB GENE; PDHC GENE; PDHD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH PLAQUE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIA; DENTAL PLAQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; OPERON; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 77956556845     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00574-10     Document Type: Article

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