Transcriptome analysis of LuxS-deficient Streptococcus mutans grown in biofilms

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-18

  Wen, Z T ^a   Nguyen, A H ^a   Bitoun, J P ^a   Abranches, J ^b   Baker, H V ^c   Burne, R A ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Dental caries; DNA array analysis; Quorum sensing; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPAIR; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DNA REPAIR; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROTON PUMPS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78651079264     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2010.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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