Role of glucose side chains with serotype-specific polysaccharide in the cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 262-268

  Nakano, K ^a   Nomura, R ^a   Nakagawa, I ^a   Hamada, S ^a   Ooshima, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cariogenicity; Polysaccharide; Serotype; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

1,3 ALPHA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 1,3-ALPHA-D-GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DEXTRAN; GLASS; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEINS; GLUCAN-BINDING PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C; HYDROXYAPATITE; LECTIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SALIVA; SEROTYPING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENTAL CARIES; DEXTRANS; DURAPATITE; GERM-FREE LIFE; GLASS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LECTINS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALIVA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 21744458787     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084831     Document Type: Article

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