Regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis by the global regulator CcpA and the local regulator FabT in Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-146

  Faustoferri, R C ^a   Hubbard, C J ^a   Santiago, B ^a   Buckley, A A ^b   Seifert, T B ^c   Quivey, R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Florida Department of Law Enforcement   (United States)

Author keywords

Streptococcus mutans; Acid stress response; Fatty acid synthesis

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PALINDROMIC DNA; SPACER DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FABK GENE; FABM GENE; FABT GENE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84924429013     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/omi.12076     Document Type: Article

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