Cytolethal distending toxin of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans: Occurrence and association with periodontal disease

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 268-272

  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

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Cytolethal distending toxin; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN, ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; EXOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LKTA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA PRIMERS; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; OPERON; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036690960     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2002.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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