Salivary glucosyltransferase B as a possible marker for caries activity

Caries Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 445-450

  Vacca Smith, A M ^a   Scott Anne, K M ^a   Whelehan, M T ^b   Berkowitz, R J ^b   Feng, C ^c   Bowen, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Glucosyltransferase B; Saliva; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

1,3 ALPHA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 1,3-ALPHA-D-GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABBIT; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MALE; RABBITS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 36549068178     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107930     Document Type: Article

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