Virulence of a spaP Mutant of Streptococcus mutans in a Gnotobiotic Rat Model

Streptococcus mutans, the principal etiologic agent of dental caries in humans, possesses a variety of virulence traits that enable it to establish itself in the oral cavity and initiate disease. A 185-kDa cell surface-localized protein known variously as antigen I/II, antigen B, PAc, and P1 has bee...

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Main Authors: Crowley, Paula J., Brady, L. Jeannine, Michalek, Suzanne M., Bleiweis, Arnold S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1999
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Bacterial Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC96447/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10024561
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