Characterization of the functional domains of the SloR metalloregulatory protein in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-134

  Haswell, Jeffrey R ^a   Pruitt, Benjamin W ^a   Cornacchione, Louis P ^a   Coe, Christopher L ^a   Smith, Evan G ^a   Spatafora, Grace A ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MANGANESE; SLOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENTAL CARIES; DNA BINDING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84872018639     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.01648-12     Document Type: Article

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