Genes involved in the repression of mutacin I production in Streptococcus mutans

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 551-556

  Nguyen, Trang ^b   Zhang, Zhijun ^a   Huang, I Hsiu ^a   Wu, Chenggang ^a   Merritt, Justin ^a   Shi, Wenyuan ^b   Qi, Fengxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b ULCA School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTACIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIOCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 85047682483     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.021303-0     Document Type: Article

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