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. 1979 Oct;58(10):2019-27.
doi: 10.1177/00220345790580101501.

Differential utilization of proteins in saliva from caries-active and caries-free subjects as growth substrates by plaque-forming streptococci

R A Cowman, S J Schaefer, R J Fitzgerald, D Rosner, I L Shklair, R G Walter

Differential utilization of proteins in saliva from caries-active and caries-free subjects as growth substrates by plaque-forming streptococci

R A Cowman et al. J Dent Res. 1979 Oct.

Abstract

Mixed or parotid saliva from caries-active individuals consistently supported better growth of Streptococcus mutans (type c) than that from caries-free individuals. Electrophoretic studies revealed that certain proteins in caries-active salivas were susceptible to microbial attack, but similar proteins in caries-free salivas were refractory.

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