Streptococcus salivarius urease expression: involvement of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13135.x

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Streptococcus salivarius urease expression: involvement of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system.

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Aug 1998

Chen Y Y, Hall T H, Burne R A

Abstract excerpt

Urease expression in Streptococcus salivarius 57.1 is induced by acidic pH, and further enhanced at high growth rate and with excess carbohydrate. Notably, the phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP):sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) activity is repressed in oral streptococci under the same conditions. To...

Topics

Blotting, Western
Cloning, Molecular
Fructose
Genes, Bacterial
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Mutation
Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System
Streptococcus
Urease

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