Characterization of the fructosyltransferase gene of Actinomyces naeslundii WVU45

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3649-3654

  Bergeron, Lori J ^a   Morou Bermudez, Evangelia ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; HEXOSE TRANSPORT; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINOMYCES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034130850     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3649-3654.2000     Document Type: Article

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