The Redox-Sensing Regulator Rex Modulates Central Carbon Metabolism, Stress Tolerance Response and Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus mutans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bitoun, Jacob P ^a   Liao, Sumei ^a   Yao, Xin ^a   Xie, Gary G ^b   Wen, Zezhang T ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; GLUTAMINE AMIDOTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FERMENTATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GUAA GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REX GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84866390858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044766     Document Type: Article

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