The biofilm inhibitor carolacton disturbs membrane integrity and cell division of Streptococcus mutans through the serine/threonine protein kinase PknB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5692-5706

  Reck, Michael ^a   Rutz, Katrin ^a   Kunze, Brigitte ^a   Tomasch, Jürgen ^a   Surapaneni, Subhash Kumar ^b   Schulz, Stefan ^b   Wagner Döbler, Irene ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROLACTON; MACROLIDE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERINE THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE PKNB; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL DIVISION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL WALL; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG EFFECT; GENE CONTROL; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUPERNATANT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; MACROLIDES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 80053616955     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05424-11     Document Type: Article

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