Inhibition of purified enolases from oral bacteria by fluoride

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-97

  Guha Chowdhury, N ^a,c   Clark, A G ^b   Sissons, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enclose; Enzyme kinetics; Enzyme purification; Oral bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031126720     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00623.x     Document Type: Article

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