Roles of oral bacteria in cardiovascular diseases - From molecular mechanisms to clinical cases: Cell-surface structures of novel serotype k streptococcus mutans strains and their correlation to virulence

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-125

  Nakano, Kazuhiko ^a   Nomura, Ryota ^a   Matsumoto, Michiyo ^a   Ooshima, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell surface antigen; Infective endocarditis; Oral bacteria; Serotype, bacteremia; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARIOGENICITY; CELL SURFACE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; BACTEREMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHAMNOSE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77953855148     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.09R24FM     Document Type: Article

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