Role of the Streptococcus mutans irvA gene in GbpC-independent, dextran-dependent aggregation and biofilm formation

Agriculture & Biology

• Streptococcus mutans 100%
• dextran 85%
• biofilm 81%
• genes 27%
• adhesins 17%
• mutants 15%
• glucans 13%
• regulator genes 13%
• Northern blotting 12%
• engineering 11%
• binding proteins 11%
• inactivation 11%
• quantitative polymerase chain reaction 10%
• plasmids 10%
• antibiotics 9%
• sucrose 9%
• phenotype 8%
• organisms 7%
• synthesis 7%
• cells 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Streptococcus mutans 95%
• Dextrans 88%
• Biofilms 78%
• Genes 32%
• mutacin I 28%
• glucan-binding proteins 24%
• Regulator Genes 13%
• Northern Blotting 13%
• Sucrose 13%
• Mental Competency 12%
• Plasmids 10%
• Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 10%
• Anti-Bacterial Agents 8%
• Phenotype 8%
• Growth 6%
• In Vitro Techniques 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• biofilm 71%
• mutant 21%
• particle 14%
• repression 13%
• plasmid 12%
• sucrose 11%
• phenotype 10%
• protein 7%
• organism 6%
• engineering 6%
• cell 6%
• loss 5%
• product 4%