Streptococcus mutans: A new Gram-positive paradigm?

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART3, 2013, Pages 436-445

  Lemos, José A ^a   Quivey, Robert G ^a   Koo, Hyun ^a   Abranches, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

ACIDITY; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL INTERACTION; CELL VIABILITY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EID: 84874772561     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.066134-0     Document Type: Article

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