Gene cloning and characterization of Streptococcus intermedius fimbriae involved in saliva-mediated aggregation

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 809-816

  Yamaguchi, Taihei ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsuharu ^b   Sugimoto, Yasushi ^b   Soutome, Sakiko ^c   Oho, Takahiko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Medical and Dental Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AGGLUTININ; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SAF1; PROTEIN SAF2; PROTEIN SAF3; RIBONUCLEASE; SORTASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 70849095700     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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