Identification and characterization of an autolysin-e cncoding gene of Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3512-3520

  Shibata, Yukie ^a   Kawada, Miki ^a   Nakano, Yoshio ^a   Toyoshima, Kuniaki ^b   Yamashita, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; PROTEIN ATLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATLA GENE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 19744378673     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3512-3520.2005     Document Type: Article

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