Contribution of biofilm regulatory protein a of Streptococcus mutans, to systemic virulence

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1246-1255

  Nakano, Kazuhiko ^a   Fujita, Kazuyo ^a   Nishimura, Kaoru ^a   Nomura, Ryota ^a   Ooshima, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm regulatory protein; Infective endocarditis; Phagocytosis; Platelet aggregation; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN A; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BLOOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 26944487606     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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