Discovery of novel peptides regulating competence development in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3735-3745

  Ahn, Sang Joon ^a   Kaspar, Justin ^a   Kim, Jeong Nam ^a   Seaton, Kinda ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPETENCE FACTOR, STREPTOCOCCUS; START CODON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RCRQ GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; START CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84907817169     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01942-14     Document Type: Article

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