Hydrogen peroxide-dependent DNA release and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in Streptococcus gordonii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6912-6922

  Itzek, Andreas ^a   Zheng, Lanyan ^a,b   Chen, Zhiyun ^a   Merritt, Justin ^a,c   Kreth, Jens ^a,c  

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

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84862951289     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05791-11     Document Type: Article

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