Fluoride, triclosan and organic weak acids as modulators of the arginine deiminase system in biofilms and suspension cells of oral streptococci

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-271

  Barboza Silva, E ^a,b   Castro, A C D ^b   Marquis, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticaries agents; Arginine deiminase; Oral streptococci

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CARBAMATE KINASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID; FLUORIDE; INDOMETACIN; LAURIC ACID; TRICLOSAN;

ALKALINIZATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; MOUTH FLORA; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS RATTI; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARGININE; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DECANOIC ACIDS; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; INDOMETHACIN; LAURATES; LAURIC ACIDS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SODIUM FLUORIDE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 67649158974     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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