GlmS and NagB Regulate Amino Sugar Metabolism in Opposing Directions and Affect Streptococcus mutans Virulence

• Miki Kawada-Matsuo,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Yusuke Mazda,

  Affiliations Department of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan, Department of Orthodontics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Yuichi Oogai,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Mikihito Kajiya,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Toshihisa Kawai,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Sakuo Yamada,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Kawasaki Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan

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• Shouichi Miyawaki,

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Takahiko Oho,

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Hitoshi Komatsuzawa

  * E-mail: hkomatsu@dent.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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