Construction and characterization of a recombinant ureolytic Streptococcus mutans and its use to demonstrate the relationship of urease activity to pH modulating capacity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-211

  Clancy, Anne ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Streptococcus mutans; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UREASE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 0030806277     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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