The major autolysin of Streptococcus gordonii is subject to complex regulation and modulates stress tolerance, biofilm formation, and extracellular-DNA release

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2826-2837

  Liu, Yaling ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ADDITION REACTION; AERATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

BIOFILMS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 79958177900     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00056-11     Document Type: Article

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