Deletion of the central proline-rich repeat domain results in altered antigenicity and lack of surface expression of the Streptococcus mutans P1 adhesin molecule

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4274-4282

  Brady, L J ^a   Cvitkovitch, D G ^a,b   Geric, C M ^a   Addison, M N ^a   Joyce, J C ^a   Crowley, P J ^a   Bleiweis, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALANINE; BINDING PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031719488     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.9.4274-4282.1998     Document Type: Article

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