The stress-responsive dgk gene from Streptococcus mutans encodes a putative undecaprenol kinase activity.

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Published in Infect Immun on April 01, 2003

Authors

Maciej Lis1, Howard K Kuramitsu

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1: Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.

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