An extracelluar protease, SepM, generates functional competence-stimulating peptide in Streptococcus mutans UA159

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5886-5896

  Hossain, Mohammad Shahnoor ^a   Biswas, Indranil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; MUTACIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; SEPM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84868617499     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01381-12     Document Type: Article

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