Effect of starch and amylase on the expression of amylase-binding protein A in Streptococcus gordonii

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 284-294

  Nikitkova, A E ^a   Haase, E M ^a   Scannapieco, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylase binding protein A; Dental plaque; Oral cavity; Saliva

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; AMYLASE; AMYLASE BINDING PROTEIN A; BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOSE; MALTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; SUPERNATANT;

AMYLASES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MALTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SALIVA; STARCH; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 84863590645     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2012.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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