Identification and characterization of SMU.244 encoding a putative undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase protein required for cell wall biosynthesis and bacitracin resistance in Streptococcus mutans

Regulated proteolysis of the alternative sigma factor SigX in Streptococcus mutans: implication in the escape from competence

(2014) Gaofeng Dong et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Proposed Carrier Lipid-binding Site of Undecaprenyl Pyrophosphate Phosphatase fromEscherichia coli

(2014) Hsin-Yang Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

An ‘Upp'-turn in bacteriocin receptor identification

(2014) Paul D. Cotter   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Sensitivity to the two-peptide bacteriocin lactococcin G is dependent on UppP, an enzyme involved in cell-wall synthesis

(2014) Morten Kjos et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis Gene uppP Is Required for Burkholderia Colonization of the Stinkbug Gut

(2013) J. K. Kim et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

MecA Protein Acts as a Negative Regulator of Genetic Competence in Streptococcus mutans

(2013) X.-L. Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Conservation of the PTEN catalytic motif in the bacterial undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase, BacA/UppP

(2013) J. S. Bickford et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Using Haloarcula marismortui Bacteriorhodopsin as a Fusion Tag for Enhancing and Visible Expression of Integral Membrane Proteins in Escherichia coli

(2013) Min-Feng Hsu et al.   PLoS One

Development of Competence for Genetic Transformation of Streptococcus mutans in a Chemically Defined Medium

(2012) K. Desai et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Quorum Sensing and Bacterial Social Interactions in Biofilms

(2012) Yung-Hua Li et al.   SENSORS

A Novel Target-Specific, Salt-Resistant Antimicrobial Peptide against the Cariogenic Pathogen Streptococcus mutans

(2011) Junni Mai et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Modulation of virulence gene expression by cell wall active antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Natalia Subrt et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

The BceABRS Four-Component System Regulates the Bacitracin-Induced Cell Envelope Stress Response in Streptococcus mutans

(2010) J. Ouyang et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

3'-Phosphoadenosine-5'-Phosphate Phosphatase Activity Is Required for Superoxide Stress Tolerance in Streptococcus mutans

(2009) J. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The LiaFSR System Regulates the Cell Envelope Stress Response in Streptococcus mutans

(2009) P. Suntharalingam et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Host Defense Peptides in the Oral Cavity and the Lung: Similarities and Differences

(2009) G. Diamond et al.   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

Global transcriptional analysis of acid-inducible genes in Streptococcus mutans: multiple two-component systems involved in acid adaptation

(2009) Y. Gong et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Improved lux reporters for use in Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Lili Rosana Mesak et al.   PLASMID

Streptococcal Antagonism in Oral Biofilms: Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus gordonii Interference with Streptococcus mutans

(2008) J. Kreth et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Additive attenuation of virulence and cariogenic potential of Streptococcus mutans by simultaneous inactivation of the ComCDE quorum-sensing system and HK/RR11 two-component regulatory system

(2008) Y.-H. Li et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM