Effects of carbohydrate source on genetic competence in Streptococcus mutans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4821-4834

  Moye, Zachary D ^a   Son, Minjun ^b   Rosa Alberty, Ariana E ^a   Zeng, Lin ^a   Ahn, Sang Joon ^a   Hagen, Stephen J ^b   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; PEPTIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CARBOHYDRATE SOURCES; COMPETENCE-STIMULATING PEPTIDES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; STOCHASTIC BEHAVIOR; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFORMATION FREQUENCY;

CARBOHYDRATES;

BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CATABOLISM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SUBPOPULATION; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; SIGMA FACTOR;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84979920554     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01205-16     Document Type: Article

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