Inactivation of the srtA gene in Streptococcus gordonii inhibits cell wall anchoring of surface proteins and decreases in vitro and in vivo adhesion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-80

  Bolken, T C ^a   Franke, C A ^a   Jones, K F ^a   Zeller, G O ^a   Jones, C H ^a   Dutton, E K ^a   Hruby, D E ^a  

^a SIGA Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN A;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIBRONECTINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOUTH MUCOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035169610     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.1.75-80.2001     Document Type: Article

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