Development of competence for genetic transformation of Streptococcus mutans in a chemically defined medium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3774-3780

  Desai, Kunal ^a   Mashburn Warren, Lauren ^a   Federle, Michael J ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOASSAY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84866324675     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00337-12     Document Type: Article

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