Transcriptional repressor Rex is involved in regulation of oxidative stress response and biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-117

  Bitoun, Jacob P ^a   Nguyen, Anne H ^a   Fan, Yuwei ^a   Burne, Robert A ^b   Wen, Zezhang T ^a,c  

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

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

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Oxidative stress; Redox sensing; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE C; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BRPA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; REX PROTEIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTFC GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REDOX STRESS; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 79958856251     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02293.x     Document Type: Article

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