Biological functions of glucan-binding protein B of Streptococcus mutans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 289-292

  Fujita, K ^a   Matsumoto Nakano, M ^a   Inagaki, S ^a   Ooshima, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Glucan binding protein B; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; GROWTH RATE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34548321476     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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