Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Genomically-Diverse Isolates of Streptococcus mutans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Palmer, Sara R ^a   Miller, James H ^d   Abranches, Jacqueline ^d   Zeng, Lin ^a   Lefebure, Tristan ^b,c   Richards, Vincent P ^c   Lemos, José A ^d   Stanhope, Michael J ^c   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CELL INVASION; COMCDE GENE; COMX GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAN GENOME; PH; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEM; WHOLE GENOME SHOTGUN SEQUENCING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84876190932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061358     Document Type: Article

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