Cloning and sequence analysis of the gbpC gene encoding a novel glucan- binding protein of Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 668-675

  Sato, Yutaka ^a   Yamamoto, Yasuhito ^a   Kizaki, Harutoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031036878     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.668-675.1997     Document Type: Article

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