Construction and analysis of a Streptococcus parasanguis recA mutant: Homologous recombination is not required for adhesion in n vitro tooth surface model

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-67

  Froeliger, Eunice H ^a   Tomich, Mladen ^a   Fives Taylor, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GENE PRODUCT; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUIS;

EID: 0032953033     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.63-67.1999     Document Type: Article

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