Coordinated regulation of the EIIMan and fruRKI operons of Streptococcus mutans by global and fructose-specific pathways

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 21, 2017, Pages

  Zeng, Lin ^a   Chakraborty, Brinta ^a   Farivar, Tanaz ^a,b   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

^b APPLIED GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Catabolite repression; Dental caries; Fructose metabolism; Gene regulation; Sugar::phosphotransferase

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE SOURCES; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DENTAL CARIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRUCTOSE METABOLISMS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; TOOTH;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE-GLUCOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE-MANNOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

DENTAL CARIES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENTAL CARIES; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 85031661472     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01403-17     Document Type: Article

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