Regulation of bacteriocin production and cell death by the vicrk signaling system in streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1307-1316

  Senadheera, D B ^a   Cordova, M ^a   Ayala, E A ^b   de Paz, L E Chávez ^c   Singh, K ^a   Downey, J S ^b   Svensater G ^c   Goodman, S D ^b   Cvitkovitch, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VICRK SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CELL DEATH; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84857973425     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06071-11     Document Type: Article

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