Beta-hexosaminidase activity of the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia influences biofilm formation on glycoprotein substrates

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-120

  Roy, Sumita ^a   Phansopa, Chatchawal ^a   Stafford, Prachi ^a   Honma, Kiyonobu ^b   Douglas, C W Ian ^a   Sharma, Ashu ^b   Stafford, Graham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta hexosaminidase; Periodontal pathogens; Tannerella forsythia

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GALACTOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; O (2 ACETAMIDO 2 DEOXY DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYLIDENE)AMINO N PHENYL CARBAMATE; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SERUM; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTEROIDETES; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASES; BIOFILMS; GALACTOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; OXIMES; PHENYLCARBAMATES;

EID: 84863400957     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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