The Pst system of Streptococcus mutans is important for phosphate transport and adhesion to abiotic surfaces

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-181

  Luz, D E ^a   Nepomuceno, R S L ^a   Spira, B ^a   Ferreira, R C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ATP binding cassette transporter; Cell binding; Phosphate uptake; Pst system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VECTOR; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PLASMID; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENTAL PELLICLE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84860252792     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2012.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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