Peptide pheromone induced cell death ofStreptococcus mutans
Open Access
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 251 (2) , 321-326
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2005.08.018
Abstract
Streptococcus mutans is considered one of the main causative agents of human dental caries. Cell–cell communication through two-component signal tranKeywords
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