Article
Surface hydrophobicity, adherence, and aggregation of cell surface protein antigen mutants of Streptococcus mutans serotype c.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1990
Koga T, Okahashi N, Takahashi I, Kanamoto T, Asakawa H, Iwaki M
Abstract excerpt
The pac gene of the serotype c strain Streptococcus mutans MT8148 encodes a cell surface protein antigen (PAc) of approximate 190 kilodaltons. The serotype c strain S. mutans GS-5 does not produce the 190-kilodalton PAc but produces a lower-molecular-weight protein that reacts with anti-PAc serum...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Antigens, Surface
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Cell Aggregation
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Mutation
- Saliva
- Streptococcus mutans
- Transformation, Bacterial