Changes in the carboxyl-terminal repeat region affect extracellular activity and glucan products of Streptococcus gordonii glucosyltransferase

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5117-5128

  Vickerman, M M ^a   Sulavik, M C ^a   Minick, P E ^a   Clewell, D B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0029806935     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5117-5128.1996     Document Type: Article

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