Oral colonization and cariogenicity of Streptococcus gordonii in specific pathogen-free TAN:SPFOM(OM)BR rats consuming starch or sucrose diets

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-333

  Tanzer, J M ^a,b   Baranowski, L K ^a   Rogers, J D ^c   Haase, E M ^c   Scannapieco, F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylase; Colonization; Dental caries; Saliva; Starch; Streptococcus gordonii; Sucrose; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DISEASE MODEL; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; FOOD INTAKE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; SUGAR INTAKE; VIRULENCE;

AMYLASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MOUTH; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STARCH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0035118522     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(00)00126-6     Document Type: Article

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