A 60-kilodalton immunodominant glycoprotein is essential for cell wall integrity and the maintenance of cell shape in Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 6987-6998

  Chia, J S ^a   Chang, L Y ^a   Shun, C T ^a   Chang, Y Y ^a   Chen, J Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GENERAL STRESS PROTEIN 781; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL SHAPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE-N4-(N-ACETYL-BETA-GLUCOSAMINYL) ASPARAGINE AMIDASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034777402     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.11.6987-6998.2001     Document Type: Article

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