Gisela de Souza Pereira, Milene Tavares Batista, Nayara Fernanda Barros Dos Santos, Hélic Moreira Passos, Dalva Adelina da Silva, Ewerton Lucena Ferreira, Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira, Rita de Cássia Café Ferreira
BACKGROUND: In recent years, several studies have demonstrated that bacterial ABC transporters present relevant antigen targets for the development of vaccines against bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Enterococcus faecalis. In Streptococcus mutans, the glutamate transporter operon (glnH), encoding an ABC transporter, is associated with acid tolerance and represents an important virulence-associated factor for the development of dental caries. RESULTS: In this study, we generated a recombinant form of the S...
September 13, 2022: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology: [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]