Role of DNA base excision repair in the mutability and virulence of Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 361-377

  Gonzalez, Kaisha ^a   Faustoferri, Roberta C ^a   Quivey Jr , Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; 7,8 DIHYDRO 8 OXO 2' DEOXYGUANINE; DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; DNA GLYCOSYLASE MUTY; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE SMN; ENDONUCLEASE SMX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXCISION REPAIR; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84863590936     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08116.x     Document Type: Article

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