The sortase of Streptococcus mutans mediates cell wall anchoring of a surface protein antigen

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 266-269

  Igarashi, Takeshi ^a   Asaga, E ^a   Goto, N ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall anchoring; LPXTG motif; PAc antigen; Sortase; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PAC ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0038234766     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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