Streptococcus mutans major adhesion surface protein, P1 (I/II), does not contribute to attachment to valvular vegetations or to the development of endocarditis in a rat model

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 999-1002

  Ryd, M ^a   Schennings, T ^a   Flock, M ^a   Heimdahl, A ^a,b   Flock, J I ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

P1 antigen in endocarditis; Strep. mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCAL CELL SURFACE ANTIGEN I-II;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; DENTAL CARIES; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORAL SURGERY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 18244424459     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(96)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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