Development of a gene transfer system in Treponema denticola by electroporation

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-165

  Li, H ^a   Kuramitsu, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

broad host plasmid; electroporation; periodontitis; proteolysis; transformation; Treponema denticola

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030175169     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00352.x     Document Type: Article

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