Role of prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase (Lgt) and lipoprotein-specific signal peptidase II (LspA) in localization and physiological function of lipoprotein MsmE in Streptococcus mutans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-519

  Arimoto, T ^a   Igarashi, T ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lgt; Lipoprotein; LspA; MsmE; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN SPECIFIC SIGNAL PEPTIDASE 2; MELIBIOSE; PROLIPOPROTEIN DIACYLGLYCERYL TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MSME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MELIBIOSE; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 53949093208     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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