Investigation of the Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans genome by pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Valcarcel, J ^a   Allardet Servent, A ^a   Bourg, G ^a   O'Callaghan, D ^a   Michailesco, P ^a   Ramuz, M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; DNA; Molecular genetics; Plasmid; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031079253     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302x.1997.tb00364.x     Document Type: Article

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