Bacteroides forsythus prtH genotype in periodontitis patients: Occurrence and association with periodontal disease

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 398-403

  Tan, Kai Soo ^a   Song, Keang Peng ^a   Ong, Grace ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacteroides forsythus; Periodontitis; prtH

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PRIMER DNA; PRTH PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035657093     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2001.360608.x     Document Type: Article

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