Characterization of a P1-deficient strain of Streptococcus mutans that expresses the SpaA protein of Streptococcus sobrinus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3652-3658

  Kuykindoll, Rhonda J ^a   Holt, Robert G ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0029737276     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3652-3658.1996     Document Type: Article

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