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Effect of biofilm growth on expression of surface proteins of Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 2.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2006
Paddick James S, Brailsford Susan R, Rao Susmitha, Soares Renata F, Kidd Edwina A M, Beighton David, Homer Karen A
Abstract excerpt
The predominant surface proteins of biofilm and planktonic Actinomyces naeslundii, a primary colonizer of the tooth surface, were examined. Seventy-nine proteins (the products of 52 genes) were identified in biofilm cells, and 30 of these, including adhesins, chaperones, and stress-response proteins, were significantly up-regulated relative to planktonic cells.
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