Deletion in sortase gene of Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-213

  Igarashi, Takeshi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cell wall anchoring; Deletion; LPXTG motif; Sortase; Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DEXTRANASE; ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCAN; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN C; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SORTASE; SRTA PROTEIN; SURFACE PROTEIN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CODON; DENTAL CARIES; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SRTA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CODON; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DEXTRANASE; EPITOPES; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LECTINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 2442502424     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0902-0055.2004.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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