A role for the DtxR family of metalloregulators in gram-positive pathogenesis

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Merchant, A T ^a   Spatafora, G A ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Evolution; Gram positive; Metalloregulation; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN REPRESSOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DTXR PROTEIN, CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; MNTR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84891938922     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/omi.12039     Document Type: Review

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