The role of the Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferases in the sucrose-dependent attachment to smooth surfaces: Essential role of the GtfC enzyme

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 274-280

  Tsumori, H ^a,b   Kuramitsu, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonization; Glucosyltransferase; GtfC; Streptococcus mutans; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031260558     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00391.x     Document Type: Article

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