Characterization of tetracycline and erythromycin resistance determinants in Treponema denticola

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1690-1694

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a,b   Chung, Whasun O ^a   Roe, Darcie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 0029884809     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.7.1690     Document Type: Article

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