Psr is involved in regulation of glucan production, and double deficiency of BrpA and Psr is lethal in Streptococcus mutans

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART3, 2013, Pages 493-506

  Bitoun, Jacob P ^a   Liao, Sumei ^a   McKey, Briggs A ^a   Yao, Xin ^a   Fan, Yuwei ^a   Abranches, Jacqueline ^b   Beatty, Wandy L ^c   Wen, Zezhang T ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BRPA; PROTEIN PSR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84874780786     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.063032-0     Document Type: Article

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