Heterogeneity of the prtC gene of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-39

  Wittstock, M ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Flemmig, T F ^b   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Abteilung fur Parodontologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heterogeneity; Porphyromonas gingivalis; PrtC; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLLAGENASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0033959873     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2000.150106.x     Document Type: Article

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