Biofilm formation and virulence expression by Streptococcus mutans are altered when grown in dual-species model

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wen, Zezhang T ^a   Yates, David ^b   Ahn, Sang Joon ^b   Burne, Robert A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; STARCH; SUCROSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS GENE; ANTIBIOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77950642886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-111     Document Type: Article

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