Molecular and clinical analyses of the gene encoding the collagen-binding adhesin of Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-475

  Nomura, Ryota ^a   Nakano, Kazuhiko ^a   Taniguchi, Naho ^a   Lapirattanakul, Jinthana ^a   Nemoto, Hirotoshi ^a   Grönroos, Lisa ^b   Alaluusua, Satu ^b,c   Ooshima, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CNM PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SALIVA; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; COLLAGEN; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 65649095596     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007559-0     Document Type: Article

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