Modification of sucrose dependent cell adherence by deletion and reintroduction of the gtf genes in Streptococcus mutans

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1997:418:665-8. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_155.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Adhesion / genetics*
  • Bacterial Adhesion / physiology*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Gene Deletion
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Glucosyltransferases / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Mutagenesis, Insertional
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Streptococcus mutans / enzymology
  • Streptococcus mutans / genetics*
  • Streptococcus mutans / pathogenicity*
  • Sucrose / metabolism*
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • Sucrose
  • 1,3-alpha-D-glucan synthase
  • Glucosyltransferases