Oral streptococci... Products of their environment

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-452

  Burne, R A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dental caries; Gene regulation; Microbial ecology; Microbial physiology; Pathogenesis; pH; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032223641     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345980770030301     Document Type: Review

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