Taking the starch out of oral biofilm formation: Molecular basis and functional significance of salivary α-amylase binding to oral streptococci

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 416-423

  Nikitkova, Anna E ^a   Haase, Elaine M ^a   Scannapieco, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPECIES; BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; DENTAL PLAQUES; HUMAN SALIVA; MOLECULAR BASIS;

AMYLASES; BIOFILMS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA;

AMYLASE; SALIVA PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871903285     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02581-12     Document Type: Short Survey

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