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Tandem genes encode cell-surface polypeptides SspA and SspB which mediate adhesion of the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii to human and bacterial receptors.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 1996
Demuth D R, Duan Y, Brooks W, Holmes A R, McNab R, Jenkinson H F
Abstract excerpt
The highly conserved antigen I/II family of polypeptides produced by oral streptococci are believed to be colonization determinants and may mediate adhesion of bacterial cells to salivary glycoproteins absorbed to cells and tissues in the human oral cavity. Streptococcus gordonii is shown to expr...
Topics
- Actinomyces
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Humans
- Lectins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mouth
- Mutation
- Peptides
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Streptococcus