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Overview

Howard K. Kuramitsu is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States.

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Best Publications

  • Interspecies Interactions within Oral Microbial Communities

    Howard K. Kuramitsu;Xuesong He;Renate Lux;Maxwell H. Anderson

  • Interactions between Periodontal Bacteria and Human Oral Epithelial Cells: Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to and Invades Epithelial Cells

    Yiping W. Han;Wenyuan Shi;George T J Huang;Susan Kinder Haake

  • Role of the Streptococcus mutans gtf genes in caries induction in the specific-pathogen-free rat model.

    Y Yamashita;W H Bowen;R A Burne;H K Kuramitsu

  • Virulence factors of mutans streptococci: role of molecular genetics

    Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • LuxS-based signaling affects Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation.

    Akihiro Yoshida;Toshihiro Ansai;Tadamichi Takehara;Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • Identification and Characterization of a Novel Adhesin Unique to Oral Fusobacteria

    Yiping W. Han;Akihiko Ikegami;Chythanya Rajanna;Hameem I. Kawsar

  • Multiple Streptococcus mutans Genes Are Involved in Biofilm Formation.

    Akihiro Yoshida;Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • Isolation and characterization of the Streptococcus mutans gtfC gene, coding for synthesis of both soluble and insoluble glucans.

    N Hanada;H K Kuramitsu

  • Molecular genetics and nomenclature of proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis

    M. A. Curtis;H. K. Kuramitsu;M. Lantz;F. L. Macrina

  • Genetic Transformation of Streptococcus mutans

    Dennis Perry;Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • Sequence analysis of the gtfB gene from Streptococcus mutans

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  • Porphyromonas gingivalis Vesicles Enhance Attachment, and the Leucine-Rich Repeat BspA Protein Is Required for Invasion of Epithelial Cells by “Tannerella forsythia”

    Satoru Inagaki;Shinsuke Onishi;Howard K. Kuramitsu;Ashu Sharma

  • Interactions between Oral Bacteria: Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans Bacteriocin Production by Streptococcus gordonii

    Bing-Yan Wang;Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • Sequence analysis and characterization of the Porphyromonas gingivalis prtC gene, which expresses a novel collagenase activity.

    T Kato;N Takahashi;H K Kuramitsu

  • Cloning, expression, and sequencing of a cell surface antigen containing a leucine-rich repeat motif from Bacteroides forsythus ATCC 43037

    Ashu Sharma;Hakimuddin T. Sojar;Ingrid Glurich;Kiyonobu Honma

  • Porphyromonas gingivalis induces murine macrophage foam cell formation

    Mingshan Qi;Hiroshi Miyakawa;Howard K Kuramitsu

  • Correlation between Detection Rates of Periodontopathic Bacterial DNA in Coronary Stenotic Artery Plaque and in Dental Plaque Samples.

    Kazuyuki Ishihara;Akihiro Nabuchi;Rieko Ito;Kouji Miyachi

  • Role of dentilisin in Treponema denticola epithelial cell layer penetration

    Bo Chi;Mingshan Qi;Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • Synergy between Tannerella forsythia and Fusobacterium nucleatum in biofilm formation

    A. Sharma;S. Inagaki;W. Sigurdson;H. K. Kuramitsu

  • Role for Periodontal Bacteria in Cardiovascular Diseases

    Howard K. Kuramitsu;Mingshan Qi;In-chol Kang;Wen Chen

  • Proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis: what don't they do?

    H. K. Kuramitsu

  • Gene inactivation in the oral spirochete Treponema denticola: construction of an flgE mutant.

    H Li;J Ruby;N Charon;H Kuramitsu

  • Genetic Analysis of a Unique Bacteriocin, Smb, Produced by Streptococcus mutans GS5

    Hideo Yonezawa;Howard K. Kuramitsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Genco
Robert J. Genco University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Yoshio Nakano
Yoshio Nakano Nihon University
Dennis E. Hruby
Dennis E. Hruby Siga Technologies (United States)
Wenyuan Shi
Wenyuan Shi ADA Forsyth Institute
Chiaki Kato
Chiaki Kato Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Norbert Suttorp
Norbert Suttorp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
Stefan Hippenstiel
Stefan Hippenstiel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Haruo Watanabe
Haruo Watanabe National Institutes of Health
Maurice A. Curtis
Maurice A. Curtis University of Auckland

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