Expression of biofilm-associated genes of Streptococcus mutans in response to glucose and sucrose

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1528-1535

  Shemesh, Moshe ^a   Tam, Avshalom ^a   Steinberg, Doron ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE B; MESSENGER RNA; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 36448976843     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47146-0     Document Type: Article

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