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Inactivation of the ptsI gene encoding enzyme I of the sugar phosphotransferase system of Streptococcus salivarius: effects on growth and urease expression.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2000
Weaver Cheryl A, Chen Yi-Ywan M, Burne Robert A
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The urease genes of Streptococcus salivarius 57.1 are tightly repressed in cells growing at neutral pH. When cells are cultivated at acidic pH values, the urease genes become derepressed and transcription is enhanced when cells are growing under carbohydrate-excess conditions. Previously, the authors proposed that the bacterial sugar:phosphotransferase system (PTS) modulated the DNA-binding activity by...
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