Identification of a gene, rgg, which regulates expression of glucosyltransferase and influences the Spp phenotype of Streptococcus gordonii Challis.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 01, 1992

Authors

M C Sulavik1, G Tardif, D B Clewell

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0402.

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