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Functional Characterization of Small Alarmone Synthetase and Small Alarmone Hydrolase Proteins from Treponema denticola
8 Jun 2023
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The spirochete bacterium Treponema denticola is a common component of the oral microbiota. However, it may play important pathological roles in multispecies oral infectious diseases such as periodontitis: a severe and destructive form of gum disease, which is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. The operation of the stringent response, a highly conserved survival mechanism, is known to help many bacterial...
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