Streptococcal adhesion and colonization

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-200

  Jenkinson, H F ^a,b   Lamont, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion; bacterial cell wall proteins; colonization; oral infections; salivary glycoproteins; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030927882     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10454411970080020601     Document Type: Article

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