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Miseon Park1, John B Sutherland1, Fatemeh Rafii1

  • 1Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.

Archives of Oral Biology
|August 6, 2019
PubMed
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Keywords:
BiofilmGlucosyltransferaseNano-hydroxyapatitePolysaccharideStreptococcus mutans

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