Comprehensive mutational analysis of sucrose-metabolizing pathways in Streptococcus mutans reveals novel roles for the sucrose phosphotransferase system permease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 833-843

  Zeng, Lin ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLUCAN; MANNOSE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GROWTH STIMULATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873534263     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02042-12     Document Type: Article

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