Lack of the delta subunit of RNA polymerase increases virulence related traits of streptococcus mutans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Xue, Xiaoli ^a   Sztajer, Helena ^a   Buddruhs, Nora ^b   Petersen, Jörn ^b   Rohde, Manfred ^a   Talay, Susanne R ^a   Wagner Döbler, Irene ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE DELTA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON SOURCE; CELL STRAIN HEP 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BIOFILMS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79956282370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020075     Document Type: Article

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