Virulence factors of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 136-167

  Fives Taylor, Paula M ^a   Meyer, Diane Hutchins ^a   Mintz, Keith P ^a   Brissette, Catherine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ABSCESS; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTITIS; REVIEW; TOOTH PLAQUE; VIRULENCE;

ABSCESS; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PERIODONTITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033143105     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.1999.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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