Streptococcus mutans murein hydrolase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7863-7865

  Catt, Diana M ^a   Gregory, Richard L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PROTEIN SMAA; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 27744467555     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.22.7863-7865.2005     Document Type: Article

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