Nanomechanical properties of glucans and associated cell-surface adhesion of Streptococcus mutans probed by atomic force microscopy under in situ conditions

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3124-3132

  Cross, Sarah E ^a   Kreth, Jens ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Sullivan, Richard ^b   Shi, Wenyuan ^a   Qi, Fengxia ^a   Gimzewski, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Oral Care Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE B; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE D; MUTANT PROTEIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE PROBE; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MUTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34948864413     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/007625-0     Document Type: Article

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