The malQ gene is essential for starch metabolism in Streptococcus mutans

Background: The malQ and glgP genes, respectively, annotated as putative 4-α-glucanotransferase and putative glycogen phosphorylase are located with a 29 nucleotide overlap on the Streptococcus mutans genome. We found that the glgP gene of this organism was induced with maltose, and the g...

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Main Authors: Yutaka Sato, Kazuko Okamoto-Shibayama, Toshifumi Azuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013-08-01
Series:Journal of Oral Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.journaloforalmicrobiology.net/index.php/jom/article/download/21285/29494