A conserved C-terminal 13-amino-acid motif of Gap1 Is Required for Gap1 Function and Necessary for the Biogenesis of a Serine-Rich Glycoprotein of Streptococcus parasanguinis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5624-5631

  Zhou, Meixian ^a   Peng, Zhixiang ^a   Fives Taylor, Paula ^b   Wu, Hui ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics   (United States)

^c Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYAPATITE; PROTEIN FAP1; PROTEIN GAP1; PROTEIN GAP3; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SALIVA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 57349199288     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00534-08     Document Type: Article

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