Mechanisms of Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to Smooth Surfaces in vitro

BACTERIAL ADHERENCE IN ORAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

1975 • 873 citations

Inhibition of Bacterial Adherence by Secretory Immunoglobulin A: A Mechanism of Antigen Disposal

1972 • 760 citations

Growth of several cariogenic strains of oral streptococci in a chemically defined medium

1975 • 497 citations

Characterization and Classification of Dextrans from Ninety-six Strains of Bacteria^1b

1954 • 450 citations

Dental caries and alveolar bone loss in gnotobiotic rats infected with capsule forming streptococci of human origin

1966 • 335 citations

Synthesis of insoluble dextran and its significance in the formation of gelatinous deposits by plaque-forming streptococci

1968 • 330 citations

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

1969 • 284 citations

Epithelial cell binding of group A streptococci by lipoteichoic acid on fimbriae denuded of M protein.

1976 • 284 citations

Synthesis of extracellular dextran by cariogenic bacteria and its presence in human dental plaque

1967 • 270 citations

On the Formation of Dental Plaques

1973 • 265 citations

Mechanism of Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to Smooth Surfaces I. Roles of Insoluble Dextran-Levan Synthetase Enzymes and Cell Wall Polysaccharide Antigen in Plaque Formation

1973 • 205 citations

Effects of Local Immunization with Streptococcus mutans on Induction of Salivary Immunoglobulin A Antibody and Experimental Dental Caries in Rats

1974 • 193 citations

Dental Caries: Prospects for Prevention

1971 • 190 citations

Dental Caries

1975 • 187 citations

Mechanism of coaggregation between Actinomyces viscosus T14V and Streptococcus sanguis 34

1978 • 185 citations

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

1974 • 166 citations

Art and Science of Dental Caries Research

1968 • 155 citations

The effects of a dextranase preparation on plaque and caries in hamsters, a preliminary report

1968 • 149 citations

Effective immunity to dental caries: protection of gnotobiotic rats by local immunization with Streptococcus mutans.

1975 • 145 citations

An in vitro method for assessing the plaque forming ability of oral bacteria

1967 • 138 citations

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

1978 • 138 citations

Characterization of extracellular glucosyltransferase activity of Steptococcus mutans

1975 • 127 citations

Dissociation of Plaque Formation from Glucan-Induced Agglutination in Mutants of Streptococcus mutans

1974 • 126 citations

Effects of Local Immunization with Glucosyltransferase Fractions from Streptococcus Mutans on Dental Caries in Rats and Hamsters

1977 • 126 citations

Purification and properties of dextransucrase from Streptococcus sanguis

1969 • 118 citations

Dextranases from oral bacteria: inhibition of water-insoluble glucan production and adherence to smooth surfaces by Streptococcus mutans

1975 • 118 citations

Mechanism of Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to Smooth Surfaces II. Nature of the Binding Site and the Adsorption of Dextran-Levan Synthetase Enzymes on the Cell-Wall Surface of the Streptococcus

1974 • 118 citations

The structure of water-insoluble glucans of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans, formed in the absence and presence of dextranase

1974 • 117 citations

The Polymerisation of Dietary Sugars by Dental Plaque

1967 • 113 citations

Studies on the length of the side chains of the dextran elaborated by Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512

1971 • 111 citations

Sorption of bacteria to human enamel powder

1970 • 109 citations

Interdental Localization of Streptococcus mutans as Related to Dental Caries Experience

1974 • 103 citations

Adherence Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans: an Assay Reflecting a Possible Role of Antibody in Dental Caries Prophylaxis

1972 • 99 citations

Immunological and bacteriological basis for vaccination against dental caries in rhesus monkeys

1975 • 97 citations

In vitro methods for the study of plaque formation and carious lesions

1966 • 96 citations

Mechanism of the Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to Smooth Surfaces III. Purification and Properties of the Enzyme Complex Responsible for Adherence

1974 • 95 citations

Origin of the Cell-Associated Dextransucrase of Streptococcus mutans

1973 • 90 citations

Effective Immunity to Dental Caries: Protection of Gnotobiotic Rats by Local Immunization with Streptococcus Mutans

1975 • 89 citations

Heterogeneity in dextran preparations

1955 • 89 citations

Streptococcus mutans dextransucrase: mode of interaction with high-molecular-weight dextran and role in cellular aggregation

1976 • 88 citations

Structural Differences in Fructans Elaborated by Streptococcus mutans and Strep, salivarius

1975 • 87 citations

Structural and Enzymatic Studies on Glucans Synthesized with Glucosyltransferases of Some Strains of Oral Streptococci.

1972 • 86 citations

Streptococcus mutans Dextransucrase: Requirement for Primer Dextran

1974 • 85 citations

Characterization of the extracellular, water-insoluble α-D-glucans of oral streptococci by methylation analysis, and by enzymic synthesis and degradation

1978 • 85 citations

Some Properties of a Dextranglucosidase Isolated from Oral Streptococci and its Use in Studies on Dextran Synthesis

1972 • 79 citations

Interbacterial aggregation of actinomyces naeslundii and dental plaque streptococci

1977 • 76 citations

Inhibition of Glucosyltransferase Activity by Antisera to Known Serotypes of Streptococcus mutans

1973 • 73 citations

Dextran-mediated interbacterial aggregation between dextran-synthesizing streptococci and Actinomyces viscosus

1976 • 73 citations

Prevention of Streptococcus mutans infection of tooth surfaces by salivary antibody in Irus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)

1975 • 73 citations

Structural Studies on Dextran from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512.

1968 • 73 citations

Influence of Culture Medium on the Glucosyl Transferase- and Dextran-Binding Capacity of Streptococcus mutans 6715 Cells

1974 • 72 citations

Hydrolysis of levan by human plaque streptococci

1968 • 71 citations

Caries and Plaque Inhibition by Mutanase in Rats

1972 • 69 citations

Purification and Properties of an α-(1 → 3) Glucanohydrolase from Trichoderma harzianum

1972 • 68 citations

Secretory Immunity and Infection

1978 • 68 citations

Antibody response in the parotid fluid and serum of Irus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) after local immunization with Streptococcus mutans

1975 • 67 citations

Effective immunity to dental caries: dose-dependent studies of secretory immunity by oral administration of Streptococcus mutans to rats

1978 • 66 citations

Physico-chemical characteristics of the levan produced by streptococcus salivarius

1968 • 65 citations

Distribution of Enzymes Forming Polysaccharide from Sucrose and the Composition of Extracellular Polysaccharide Synthesized by Streptococcus mutans

1972 • 65 citations

Effect of dextranase on the extracellular polysaccharide synthesis of Streptococcus mutans; chemical and scanning electron microscopy studies

1975 • 65 citations

Metabolism of the Polysaccharides of Human Dental Plaque

1975 • 63 citations

Evaluation of Dextranase Production by the Cariogenic Bacterium Streptococcus mutans

1974 • 62 citations

An immunological investigation into the prevention of caries in deciduous teeth of rhesus monkeys

1975 • 61 citations

Water insoluble and soluble glucans produced by extracellular glycosyltransferases from Streptococcus mutans.

1973 • 58 citations

Effect of Tween 80 on glucosyltransferase production in Streptococcus mutans

1977 • 58 citations

Effects of Fluoride on Initiation of Plaque Formation

1977 • 57 citations

Occurrence and distribution of sucrose-metabolizing enzymes in oral streptococci

1976 • 56 citations

Cellular Adherence, Glucosyltransferase Adsorption, and Glucan Synthesis of Streptococcus mutans AHT Mutants

1978 • 56 citations

The structure and properties of levan, a polymer of D-fructose produced by cultures and cell-free extracts of aerobacter levanicum

1957 • 56 citations

Characterization of Cell-Associated Dextransucrase Activity from Glucose-Grown Cells of Streptococcus mutans

1974 • 55 citations

Ultrastructure of Mutants of Streptococcus mutans with Reference to Agglutination, Adhesion, and Extracellular Polysaccharide

1974 • 54 citations

Determination of the structure of a broth dextran produced by a cariogenic streptococcus

1971 • 54 citations

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

1975 • 53 citations

Dental Caries Induction in Experimental Animals by Clinical Strains of Streptococcus mutans Isolated from Japanese Children

1978 • 52 citations

Studies of the Mechanism of Sucrose-Associated Colonization of Streptococcus mutans on Teeth of Conventional Rats

1976 • 51 citations

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

1974 • 50 citations

Levan degradation by streptococci isolated from human dental plaque

1968 • 50 citations

Identification of the Virulence-Associated Antigen on the Surface Fibrils of Actinomyces viscosus T14

1978 • 48 citations

Antigenic relatedness of glucosyltransferase enzymes from streptococcus mutans

1977 • 46 citations

Studies on dextrans and dextranases

1971 • 42 citations

Structure of the levan elaborated by Streptococcus salivarius strain 51: An application of chemical-ionisation mass-spectrometry

1976 • 42 citations

Specific method for the purification of Streptococcus mutans dextransucrase

1977 • 42 citations

Some Immunochemical Properties of Dextransucrase and Invertase from Streptococcus mutans

1974 • 42 citations

A Sequential Bacteriological and Serological Investigation of Rhesus Monkeys Immunised Against Dental Caries with Streptococcus Mutans

1977 • 41 citations

Characterization of an anti-glucosyltransferase serum specific for insoluble glucan synthesis by Streptococcus mutans

1976 • 40 citations

Chemotherapy of Dental Plaque —A Review

1974 • 40 citations

Adhesion of Dextran to Streptococcus muttans

2000 • 40 citations

Use of Specifically Labeled Sucrose for Comparison of Extracellular Glucan and Fructan Metabolism by Oral Streptococci

1972 • 40 citations

Adherence of Serotype e Streptococcus mutans and the Inhibitory Effect of Lancefield Group E and S mutans Type e Antiserum

1976 • 40 citations

Purification and characterization of a glycosyltransferase complex from the culture broth of Streptococcus mutans FA1

1975 • 38 citations

Regulation and extracellular glucosyltransferase production and the relationship between extracellular and cell-associated activities in Streptococcus mutans

1976 • 37 citations

Immunological relationships between glucosyltransferases from Streptococcus mutans serotypes

1976 • 37 citations

Specificity of Antibodies to Streptococcus Mutans; Significance in Inhibition of Adherence

1974 • 35 citations

Inhibition of Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to Glass Surfaces

1977 • 34 citations

Binding of lectins to Streptococcus mutans cells and type-specific polysaccharides, and effect on adherence

1977 • 32 citations

The effect of dextranase on caries activity in monkeys (Macaca irus)

1971 • 31 citations

Modification of in Vitro Adherence of Streptococcus Mutans by Plant Lectins

1978 • 30 citations

Multiple Forms of Dextran-Binding Proteins from Streptococcus Mutans

1978 • 28 citations

Surface chemistry and dental integuments

1973 • 28 citations

Inhibition of streptococcal dextransucrase by sera of rabbits infected with Streptococcus sanguis

1968 • 27 citations

Dextran-induced aggregation of Actinomyces viscosus

1975 • 27 citations

Selection of plaque-forming streptococci by the serial passage of wires through sucrose-containing broth

1968 • 26 citations

Streptococcus mutans dextransucrase: availability of disaggregated enzyme after growth in a chemically defined medium

1976 • 26 citations

Binding of Glucosyltransferase and Glucan Synthesis by Streptococcus mutans and Other Bacteria

1978 • 24 citations

Properties of a Variant of Streptococcus mutans Altered in Its Ability to Interact with Glucans

1977 • 23 citations

Serotype‐Dependent Inhibition of Glucan Synthesis and Cell Adherence of Streptococcus mutans by Antibody against Glucosyltransferase of Serotype e S. mutans

1979 • 23 citations

A dextransucrase activity from streptococcus FA-1

1967 • 23 citations

Extracellular Dextran Hydrolase from Streptococcus mutans Strain 6715

1977 • 22 citations

Levans. II. Light‐scattering and sedimentation data of Streptococcus salivarius levan in water

1975 • 22 citations

Distribution of dextransucrase in Streptococcus mutans and observations on the effect of soluble dextran on dextransucrase activities

1977 • 22 citations

Streptococcus mutans Dextransucrase: Stimulation of Glucan Formation by Phosphoglycerides

1978 • 21 citations

Interaction of glucosyltransferase with the cell surface of Streptococcus mutans

1978 • 19 citations

Acceleration of Dextransucrase Activity of Streptococcus mutans by Secretory Immunoglobulin A

1974 • 19 citations

Dextran hydrolysis by a Fusobacterium strain isolated from human dental plaque

1974 • 19 citations

Structural studies of extracellular glucans of Streptococcus mutans by proton magnetic resonance

1978 • 19 citations

Exploitation of Blue Dextran as a dextranase substrate

1971 • 17 citations

Variation in extracellular polysaccharide synthesis by cariogenic streptococci

1968 • 16 citations

Distribution of Enzymes Forming Polysaccharide from Sucrose and the Composition of Extracellular Polysaccharide Synthesized by Streptococcus mutans

1972 • 16 citations

Characterization of a dextranase produced by an oral strain of Actinomyces israelii

1975 • 15 citations

Effect of orally applied vaccines on oral colonization by Streptococcus mutans in rodents

1977 • 15 citations

Surface chemistry and dental integuments

1973 • 14 citations

Dextran/Glucan Binding by Streptococcus Mutans: The Role of Molecular Size and Binding Site in Agglutination

1978 • 13 citations

Inhibition of Rat Dental Caries by Dextranase from a Strain of Spicaria violacea

1976 • 13 citations

Effects of Antibodies on Adherence and Cell-Associated Glucan Production by Streptococcus mutans Cells

1976 • 11 citations

The Potential of Antibiotics as Caries-Control Agents

1973 • 10 citations

Model system for studying colonization and growth of bacteria on a hydroxyapatite surface

1975 • 8 citations

Inhibition of glucosyltransferase by human salivary immunoglobulin A

1977 • 8 citations

COMPARISON OF ANTICARIES EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT POLYGLUCANASES IN LIMITED-FLORA HAMSTERS INFECTED WITH STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS

1973 • 7 citations

Effect of Dextranase Prepared from Spicaria violacea on Dental Caries in the Hamster

1976 • 6 citations

Influence of secretory immunoglobulin A and purified secretory component on dextran-sucrase activity of Streptococcus mutans

1976 • 3 citations

Immunogenic properties of the glucosyltransferase from Streptococcus sanguis OMZ 9: kinetic study of inhibition by antibodies

1978 • 3 citations

Microbial aspects of dental caries : proceedings of a workshop on microbial aspects of dental caries, June 21-24, 1976, St Simons Island, Georgia, presented and sponsored by the National Caries Program, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with the University of Michigan

1976 • 2 citations