Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Type
Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award (R37)
Project #
3R37DE004224-16S1
Application #
3482763
Study Section
Microbial Physiology and Genetics Subcommittee 2 (MBC)
Project Start
1978-05-01
Project End
1991-04-30
Budget Start
1990-07-01
Budget End
1991-04-30
Support Year
16
Fiscal Year
1990
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
City
Richmond
State
VA
Country
United States
Zip Code
23298
Fletcher, H M; Schenkein, H A; Macrina, F L (1994) Cloning and characterization of a new protease gene (prtH) from Porphyromonas gingivalis. Infect Immun 62:4279-86
Munro, C L; Macrina, F L (1993) Sucrose-derived exopolysaccharides of Streptococcus mutans V403 contribute to infectivity in endocarditis. Mol Microbiol 8:133-42
Krah 3rd, E R; Macrina, F L (1991) Identification of a region that influences host range of the streptococcal conjugative plasmid pIP501. Plasmid 25:64-9
Munro, C; Michalek, S M; Macrina, F L (1991) Cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans V403 glucosyltransferase and fructosyltransferase mutants constructed by allelic exchange. Infect Immun 59:2316-23
Dertzbaugh, M T; Macrina, F L (1990) Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase activity by antiserum to a subsequence peptide. Infect Immun 58:1509-13
Dertzbaugh, M T; Peterson, D L; Macrina, F L (1990) Cholera toxin B-subunit gene fusion: structural and functional analysis of the chimeric protein. Infect Immun 58:70-9
Krah 3rd, E R; Macrina, F L (1989) Genetic analysis of the conjugal transfer determinants encoded by the streptococcal broad-host-range plasmid pIP501. J Bacteriol 171:6005-12
Dertzbaugh, M T; Macrina, F L (1989) Plasmid vectors for constructing translational fusions to the B subunit of cholera toxin. Gene 82:335-42
Schroeder, V A; Michalek, S M; Macrina, F L (1989) Biochemical characterization and evaluation of virulence of a fructosyltransferase-deficient mutant of Streptococcus mutans V403. Infect Immun 57:3560-9