Functional domain of bovine milk lactoferrin which inhibits the adherence of Streptococcus mutans cells to a salivary film

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5279-5282

  Oho, Takahiko ^a   Mitoma, Morihide ^a   Koga, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA CASEIN; CASEIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTALBUMIN; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOGLOBULIN; LACTOPEROXIDASE; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CYSTEINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DURAPATITE; LACTOFERRIN; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0036716469     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5279-5282.2002     Document Type: Article

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