Role of LytF and AtlS in eDNA Release by Streptococcus gordonii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Yifan ^a,c   Kreth, Jens ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLASE; PROTEIN LYTF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 84876578758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062339     Document Type: Article

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