Cardiolipin biosynthesis in Streptococcus mutans is regulated in response to external pH

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2133-2143

  MacGilvray, Matthew E ^a   Lapek, John D ^a   Friedman, Alan E ^a   Quivey, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; CARDIOLIPIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTON;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84865614158     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.057273-0     Document Type: Article

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