Genetic analysis of the functions and interactions of components of the LevQRST signal transduction complex of Streptococcus mutans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zeng, Lin ^a   Das, Satarupa ^a,b   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLOBIOSE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; PROTEIN LEVQ; PROTEIN LEVR; PROTEIN LEVS; PROTEIN LEVT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GLYCOSIDASE; LEVANASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE; SACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHARIDE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FRUA GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEVD GENE; LEVQ GENE; LEVS GENE; LEVT GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MANNOSE; OPERON; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79952048042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017335     Document Type: Article

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