scbA from Streptococcus crista CC5A: An atypical member of the lraI gene family

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2114-2121

  Correia, Frederick F ^a   Dirienzo, Joseph M ^a   Mckay, Terry L ^a   Rosan, Burton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FUSOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

EID: 0029929219     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2114-2121.1996     Document Type: Article

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