New insight on the response of bacteria to fluoride

Caries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-81

  Breaker, R R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion transporter; Antibacterial agent; Enolase; Gene control; Riboswitch; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; FLUORIDE; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA;

BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; RIBOSWITCH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84856806226     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336397     Document Type: Review

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