Role of a cell surface-associated protein in adherence and dental caries.

doi:10.1128/iai.59.12.4606-4609.1991

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Role of a cell surface-associated protein in adherence and dental caries.

Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 1991

Bowen W H, Schilling K, Giertsen E, Pearson S, Lee S F, Bleiweis A, Beeman D

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Insertional inactivation of the Streptococcus mutans spaP gene was used to construct an isogenic mutant (834) of strain NG8 (serotype c) which lacked the major cell surface-associated protein referred to as P1 (15). Results of several studies suggest that P1 is involved in the adherence of S. mut...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Adhesion
Bacterial Proteins
Dental Caries
Membrane Glycoproteins
Mutation
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Virulence

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