Human salivary carbonic anhydrase isoenzyme VI:physiology and association with the experience of dental caries
Abstract The carbonic anhydrases (CAs) participate in the maintenance of pH homeostasis in various tissues of the human body by catalyzing the reversible reaction CO2 + H2O ⇔ HCO3- + H+. Carbonic anhydrase isoenzyme VI (CA VI) is secreted into the human saliva by the serous acinar cells of the paro...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oulu
1999
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| Online Access: | http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514251407 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:9514251407 |