Fueling the caries process: Carbohydrate metabolism and gene regulation by Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Oral Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moye, Zachary D ^a   Zeng, Lin ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biofilms; carbohydrate transport; Catabolite repression; Dental caries; Sugar phosphotransferase system

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCROSE;

ACIDIFICATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; DENTAL CARIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE CONTROL; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84928901093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20002297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/jom.v6.24878     Document Type: Review

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