Direct detection of Streptococcus mutans in human dental plaque by polymerase chain reaction

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 294-298

  Igarashi, T ^a   Yamamoto, A ^a   Goto, N ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dextranase gene; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030260755     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00184.x     Document Type: Article

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