Binding forces of Streptococcus mutans P1 adhesin

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1448-1460

  Sullan, Ruby May A ^a   Li, James K ^b   Crowley, Paula J ^c   Brady, L Jeannine ^c   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; antigen I II; bacterial adhesion; P1; salivary agglutinin; single cell force spectroscopy; single molecule force spectroscopy; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; SALIVARY AGGLUTININ; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

MOLECULES;

ADHESIN; AGGLUTININ; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGGLUTININS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923489911     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5058886     Document Type: Article

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