Dynamics of Streptococcus mutans transcriptome in response to starch and sucrose during biofilm development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Klein, Marlise I ^a   DeBaz, Lena ^a   Agidi, Senyo ^a   Lee, Herbert ^c   Xie, Gary ^c   Lin, Amy H M ^d   Hamaker, Bruce R ^d   Lemos, José A ^a,b   Koo, Hyun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CHAPERONIN; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; STARCH; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTOME; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STARCH; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 78149425398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013478     Document Type: Article

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