Physiological and molecular characterization of genetic competence in Streptococcus sanguinis

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-116

  Rodriguez, A M ^a,c   Callahan, J E ^a   Fawcett, P ^a,b   Ge, X ^a   Xu, P ^a   Kitten, T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pharmaceutical Product Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Streptococcus; Transformation; Viridans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79952342830     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2011.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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