Characteristics and influencing factors of amyloid fibers in S. mutans biofilm

Abstract There are signs that amyloid fibers exist in Streptococcus mutans biofilm recently. However, the characteristics of amyloid fibers and fibrillation influencing factors are unknown. In this study, we firstly used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to obs...

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Main Authors: Dongru Chen, Yina Cao, Lixia Yu, Ye Tao, Yan Zhou, Qinghui Zhi, Huancai Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Series:AMB Express
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-019-0753-1