The mutacins of Streptococcus mutans: Regulation and ecology

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 57-69

  Merritt, J ^a   Qi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Mutacin; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LANTIBIOTIC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; DENTAL CARIES; ECOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84858049821     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2011.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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