A new small molecule specifically inhibits the cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans in multispecies biofilms

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2679-2687

  Liu, Chang ^a   Worthington, Roberta J ^b   Melander, Christian ^b   Wu, Hui ^a  

^a Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBENZIMIDAZOLE; 2 AMINOIMIDAZOLE; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLOOD GROUP I ANTIGEN; CARIOGENIC AGENT; COMDE PROTEIN; FTF PROTEIN; GBPB PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GTFB PROTEIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PAC PROTEIN; SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; COMMENSALISM; DENTAL CARIES; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IC 50; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 79956323273     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01496-10     Document Type: Article

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