Genetic Diversity of Competence Gene Loci in Clinical Genotypes of Streptococcus mutans
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (8) , 3015-3020
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02024-05
Abstract
The frequencies of 21 competence genes were analyzed in 94 genotypes of Streptococcus mutans . These include those of a main regulatory system ( comCDE ), structural, and other regulatory orthologues identified in the genome of strain UA159. PCR and Southern blot analysis revealed that all genes are widespread within the species.Keywords
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