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Expression of the Streptococcus mutans fructosyltransferase gene within a mammalian host
W T Grey1, R Curtiss, M C Hudson
1Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 28223, USA.
Infection and Immunity
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
In vivo expression of the virulence-associated fructosyltransferase gene (ftf) of Streptococcus mutans has been examined. S. mutans ftf expression is affected by both the specific carbohydrate consumed and the age of the host animal.