A mechanism for extremely weak spap-expression in Streptococcus mutans strain Z1

Journal of Oral Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2011, 2011, Pages

  Sato, Yutaka ^a   Okamoto Shibayama, Kazuko ^a   Azuma, Toshifumi ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Antigen I II; Glucan binding proteins; Mutant chimeric proteins; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SPAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPAP GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84864810771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20002297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/jom.v3i0.5495     Document Type: Article

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