Article
Identification of several rod loci and cloning of the rodD locus of Streptococcus mutans.
Gene - 15 Apr 1993
Tao L, Tanzer J M, Kuramitsu H K, Das A
Abstract excerpt
Previous work has shown that Streptococcus mutans is normally a short rod or a sphere, depending on its environment. This paper describes two distinct genetic approaches used to identify multiple loci and isolate one locus, rodD, controlling S. mutans rod shape. The first method involved isolation of a group of rod- mutants caused by transposon Tn916 insertion, and analysis of the inactivated genes by Southern...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.