A galactose-specific sugar: Phosphotransferase permease is prevalent in the non-core genome of Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 292-301

  Zeng, L ^a   Xue, P ^a,c   Stanhope, M J ^b   Burne, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Dental caries; Galactose phosphotransferase system; Sugar : phosphotransferase system; Tagatose pathway

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE PERMEASE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILM; DENTAL CARIES; GALACTOSE-PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; SUGAR : PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; TAGATOSE PATHWAY;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GALACTOSE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84880296064     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/omi.12025     Document Type: Article

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