Glucans synthesized in situ in experimental salivary pellicle function as specific binding sites for Streptococcus mutans

Biology, immunology, and cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans

1980 • 1,709 citations

Comparative Estimates of Bacterial Affinities and Adsorption Sites on Hydroxyapatite Surfaces

1978 • 317 citations

Reflex secretion of the human parotid gland.

1916 • 305 citations

Dextran-induced Agglutination of Streptococcus mutans , and Its Potential Role in the Formation of Microbial Dental Plaques

1969 • 284 citations

Microbial Ecology Adherent Interactions Which May Affect Microbial Ecology in the Mouth

1984 • 248 citations

Construction and characterization of isogenic mutants of Streptococcus mutans deficient in major surface protein antigen P1 (I/II)

1989 • 215 citations

Molecular characterization of a surface protein antigen gene from serotype c Streptococcus mutans, implicated in dental caries

1989 • 177 citations

Relationship Between the Concentration of Bacteria in Saliva and the Colonization of Teeth in Humans

1974 • 166 citations

Strains of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus attach to different pellicle receptors

1986 • 163 citations

Effect of sucrose in culture media on the location of glucosyltransferase of Streptococcus mutans and cell adherence to glass surfaces

1978 • 138 citations

Effect of Various Sugars and Sugar Substitutes on Dental Caries in Hamsters and Rats

1967 • 129 citations

Influence of Salivary Components and Extracellular Polysaccharide Synthesis from Sucrose on the Attachment of Streptococcus mutans 6715 to Hydroxyapatite Surfaces

1977 • 128 citations

The effect of caries-inducing streptococci in hamsters fed diets with sucrose or glucose

1965 • 127 citations

Enzymatic hydrolysis and structure of water-insoluble glucan produced by glucosyltransferases from a strain of streptococcus mutans.

1970 • 125 citations

Reducing power by the dinitrosalicylic acid method

1962 • 116 citations

Isolation of a glucan-binding domain of glucosyltransferase (1,6-alpha-glucan synthase) from Streptococcus sobrinus

1988 • 114 citations

The Activity of Glucosyltransferase Adsorbed onto Saliva-coated Hydroxyapatite

1988 • 100 citations

Streptococcus mutans Adherence: Presumptive Evidence for Protein-Mediated Attachment Followed by Glucan-Dependent Cellular Accumulation

1980 • 98 citations

Glucan-binding Proteins of Streptococcus mutatis Serotype c

1979 • 97 citations

Adherence of Streptococcus sanguis to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite: evidence for two binding sites

1984 • 96 citations

Role of a cell surface-associated protein in adherence and dental caries

1991 • 95 citations

Sucrose-dependent Cell Adherence and Cariogenicity of Serotype c Streptococcus mutans

1986 • 94 citations

Isolation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific for antigen P1, a major surface protein of mutans streptococci

1987 • 84 citations

Specificity of the glucan-binding lectin of Streptococcus cricetus

1988 • 82 citations

Expression of a Gene for Glucan-binding Protein from Streptococcus mutans in Escherichia coli

1985 • 78 citations

Effect of specific antisera uponStreptococcus mutansadherence to saliva-coated hydroxylapatite

1984 • 64 citations

The Function and Distribution of Different Fimbriae on Strains of Actinomyces viscosus and Actinomyces naeslundii

1984 • 60 citations

Characterization of Bacillus subtilis DSM704 and its production of 1-deoxynojirimycin

1984 • 55 citations

Oral implantation of human strains of Streptococcus mutans in rats fed sucrose or glucose diets

1976 • 54 citations

Relationship between cell-bound dextransucrase and the agglutination of Streptococcus mutans

1975 • 53 citations

Glucosyltransferase activity in human in vivo formed enamel pellicle and in whole saliva

1987 • 53 citations

Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to Dextran Synthesized in the Presence of Extracellular Dextransucrase

1974 • 50 citations

Analyses of Glucans from Cariogenic and Mutant Streptococcus mutans

1978 • 49 citations

Characterization of a Cell-surface Protein Antigen of Hydrophilic Streptococcus mutans Strain GS-5

1989 • 47 citations

Streptococcus mutans in the mouths of children with congenital sucrase deficiency

1975 • 42 citations

Adhesion of Dextran to Streptococcus muttans

2000 • 40 citations

Characterization by affinity electrophoresis of an alpha-1,6-glucan-binding protein from Streptococcus sobrinus

1987 • 38 citations

Effect of specific antisera on adherence properties of the oral bacterium Streptococcus mutans

1982 • 35 citations

Oral implantation in humans of Streptococcus mutans strains with different degrees of hydrophobicity

1984 • 32 citations

Comparative Studies on the Protein Profiles and Hydrophobicity of Strains of Streptococcus mutans Serotype c

1986 • 31 citations

Multiple Forms of Dextran-Binding Proteins from Streptococcus Mutans

1978 • 28 citations

Expression of the glucan-binding lectin of Streptococcus cricetus requires manganous ion

1988 • 27 citations

Properties of a mutant of Streptococcus mutans altered in glucosyltransferase activity

1976 • 27 citations

Properties of Streptococcus mutans Grown in a Synthetic Medium: Binding of Glucosyltransferase and In Vitro Adherence, and Binding of Dextran/Glucan and Glycoprotein and Agglutination

1979 • 20 citations

Linkage of sucrose-metabolizing genes in Streptococcus mutans

1990 • 11 citations

Serotype specificity for some biochemical characteristics of Streptococcus mutans.

1982 • 10 citations