Functional analyses of a conserved region in glucosyltransferases of Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4797-4803

  Chia, Jean San ^a   Yang, Czau Siung ^a   Chen, Jen Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031716980     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4797-4803.1998     Document Type: Article

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