Roles of sortase in surface expression of the major protein adhesin P1, saliva-induced aggregation and adherence, and cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 676-681

  Lee, Song F ^a   Boran, Thomas L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AGGLUTININ; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYAPATITE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SORTASE; SUCROSE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DENTAL CARIES; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037305827     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.2.676-681.2003     Document Type: Article

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