Identification and characterization of a protease from Streptococcus oralis C104

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Lo, C S ^a   Hughes, C V ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colonization; protease; Streptococcus oralis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030175126     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00355.x     Document Type: Article

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