CovR and VicRK Regulate Cell Surface Biogenesis Genes Required for Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Stipp, Rafael N ^a   Boisvert, Heike ^b   Smith, Daniel J ^b   Höfling, José F ^a   Duncan, Margaret J ^b   Mattos Graner, Renata O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL OF VIRULENCE R PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE CONTROL RK;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL HYDROPHOBICITY; CELL SENSITIVITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DOWN REGULATION; EPSC GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GFTB GENE; GFTC GENE; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN B GENE; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN C GENE; LYSM GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMAA GENE; SMU 214C GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; WAPE GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 84874891810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058271     Document Type: Article

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