Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting and clonal analysis of oral Fusobacterium nucleatum isolates

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 219-226

  George, K S ^a   Reynolds, M A ^a   Falkler Jr , W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction; Clonal analysis; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031214679     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00382.x     Document Type: Article

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