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Attenuation of glucan-binding protein C reduces the cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans: analysis of strains isolated from human blood.
Journal of dental research - 1 Jun 2002
Nakano K, Matsumura M, Kawaguchi M, Fujiwara T, Sobue S, Nakagawa I, Hamada S, Ooshima T
Abstract excerpt
A blood isolate of Streptococcus mutans strain TW871 shows relatively low homology with MT8148, a reference oral isolate strain, and lacks the serotype-specific polysaccharide antigen, suggesting that other cell-surface structures correlate with cariogenicity. We compared cariogenicity of TW871 with MT8148 (serotype c) and blood isolate TW964 (serotype f) in rats. Strain TW871 showed significantly lower...
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