Role of unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in virulence of Streptococcus mutans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1537-1539

  Fozo, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Scott Anne, Kathy ^a   Koo, Hyun ^a,b   Quivey Jr , Robert G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FABM GENE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE INSERTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; RATS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33847725553     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01938-06     Document Type: Article

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