Properties of Streptococcus sanguinis Glucans Formed under Various Conditions

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-74

  Kopec, Leslie K ^b   Vacca Smith, Anne M ^b   Wunder, David ^b   Ng Evans, Linda ^b   Bowen, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antisera; Dextranase; Glucans; Glucosyltransferase; Mutanase; Structure

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL PELLICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DENTAL PELLICLE; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0035219757     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047434     Document Type: Article

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