Influences of naturally occurring agents in combination with fluoride on gene expression and structural organization of Streptococcus mutans in biofilms

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jeon, Jae Gyu ^a,b,c   Klein, Marlise I ^a   Xiao, Jin ^a   Gregoire, Stacy ^a   Rosalen, Pedro L ^a,c   Koo, Hyun ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FARNESOL; FLUORIDE; GLUCAN; MESSENGER RNA; MYRICETIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TERPENOID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL RNA; FLAVONOID;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BLEACHING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BIOFILMS; FARNESOL; FLAVONOIDS; FLUORIDES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 72849128696     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-228     Document Type: Article

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