Occurrence of temperate bactenophages in different Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans serotypes isolated from periodontally healthy individuals

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-46

  Willi, K ^a   Sandmeier, H ^a   Asikainen, S ^b   Saarela, M ^b   Meyer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Genotype; Serotype; Temperate bacteriophage; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOTOXIN; VIRUS DNA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYSOGENIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030610154     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00365.x     Document Type: Article

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