PBP1a-Deficiency Causes Major Defects in Cell Division, Growth and Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus mutans

• Zezhang T. Wen ,

  * E-mail: zwen@lsuhsc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America, Center of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America

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• Jacob P. Bitoun,

  Current address: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-38, New Orleans, LA, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America, Center of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America

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• Sumei Liao

  Current address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America, Center of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States of America

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