Cell density- and ComE-dependent expression of a group of mutacin and mutacin-like genes in Streptococcus mutans
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- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 265 (1) , 11-17
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00459.x
Abstract
Streptococcus mutans is a major cariogenic inhabitant of the high cell density oral biofilm (dental plaque). In previous studies, we showed that prodKeywords
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