Fluoride and organic weak acids as modulators of microbial physiology

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 493-510

  Marquis, Robert E ^a   Clock, Sarah A ^a   Mota Meira, Marilaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Enzyme modulator; Fluoride; Membrane physiology; Organic weak acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BERYLLIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOCHROME; ENOLASE; FATTY ACID; FLUORIDE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GALACTOSE OXIDASE; HEME DERIVATIVE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; LACCASE; LAURIC ACID; METAL COMPLEX; NITROGENASE; NONANOIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OCTANOIC ACID; PEROXIDASE; PHOSPHATASE; PHYTASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREASE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0037271927     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(02)00143-2     Document Type: Review

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