Differentiation of clinical isolates of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans using an insertion sequence, ISAa1

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-123

  Hayashida, H ^a   Hotokezaka, H ^a   Ohara, N ^a   Koseki, T ^b   Nishihara, T ^b   Takagi, O ^a   Yamada, T ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Insertion sequence

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032055736     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1998.tb00722.x     Document Type: Article

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