Communication among oral bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 486-505

  Kolenbrander, Paul E ^a   Andersen, Roxanna N ^a   Blehert, David S ^a   Egland, Paul G ^a   Foster, Jamie S ^a   Palmer Jr , Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENAMEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036712141     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.66.3.486-505.2002     Document Type: Article

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