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Phenotypic characterization of the foldase homologue PrsA in Streptococcus mutans.
Molecular oral microbiology - 1 Apr 2013
Guo L, Wu T, Hu W, He X, Sharma S, Webster P, Gimzewski J K, Zhou X, Lux R, Shi W
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Streptococcus mutans is generally considered to be the principal etiological agent for dental caries. Many of the proteins necessary for its colonization of the oral cavity and pathogenesis are exported to the cell surface or the extracellular matrix, a process that requires the assistance of the export machineries. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the S. mutans genome contains a prsA gene, whose counterparts...
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