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Application of in vitro mutagenesis to identify the gene responsible for cold agglutination phenotype of Streptococcus mutans.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2004
Sato Yutaka, Okamoto Kazuko, Kagami Akiyoshi, Yamamoto Yasuhito, Ohta Kazumasa, Igarashi Takeshi, Kizaki Harutoshi
Abstract excerpt
A previously unidentified protein with an apparent molecular mass of 120 kDa was detected in some Streptococcus mutans strains including the natural isolate strain Z1. This protein was likely involved in the cold-agglutination of the strain, since a correlation between this phenotype and expressi...
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