Effect of biofilm growth on expression of surface proteins of Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 2.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Paddick JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1472377 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature