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A novel phosphotransferase system of Streptococcus mutans is responsible for transport of carbohydrates with α-1,3 linkage.
Molecular oral microbiology - 1 Apr 2013
Ajdic D, Chen Z
Abstract excerpt
The most common type of carbohydrate-transport system in Streptococcus mutans is the phosphoenolpyruvate-sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS). Fourteen PTS exist in S. mutans UA159. Several studies have shown that microorganisms growing in biofilms express different genes compared with their planktonic counterparts. In this study, we showed that one PTS of S. mutans was expressed in sucrose-grown biofilms....
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