Chromosomal insertions and deletions in Streptococcus mutans

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-156

  Robinson, W G ^a   Old, L A ^a   Shah, D S H ^a   Russell, R R B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glucoside; Insertion sequence; Melibiose; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; MELIBIOSE; BACTERIAL DNA; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; TRANSPOSON;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GALACTOSE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; MELIBIOSE; OPERON; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0037968229     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069023     Document Type: Article

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