Hydrolytic and depolymerising enzyme activity of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens

Oral Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 272-278

  Stubbs, S ^a   Lewis, M A O ^a   Waddington, R J ^a   Embery, G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydrolytic enzymes; periodontal pathogens; Prevotella intermedia; Prevotella nigrescens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030469512     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1996.tb00237.x     Document Type: Article

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