The biochemistry and physiology of metallic fluoride: Action, mechanism, and implications

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-114

  Li, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum fluoride; Bone; Clinical implications; Dental; G protein; Physiology; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM FLUORIDE; BERYLLIUM; BERYLLIUM FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AMELOBLAST; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BONE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH DISEASE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; AMELOBLASTS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; BERYLLIUM; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BONE AND BONES; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEUROTOXINS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037672768     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154411130301400204     Document Type: Review

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